Senior Propellant Chemical Engineer

Camden, SC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Specialist Materials & Process Engineering

Job Code: 33209

Job Location: Camden AR On-Site

Job Schedule: 4/10 Employees work 10 hours per day 4 days a week

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Propellant Chemical Engineerto join our growing facility inCamden Arkansas. This forward-deployed propellant chemist role within the Propulsion Materials and Process Engineering team performs assignments requiring an application of advanced principles theories and concepts in the propulsion field with an emphasis on propellant chemistry technology and manufacturing with a working knowledge of other related disciplines (thermal and structural) working directly with Propellant Operations. Experience in process control lean manufacturing best practices and manufacturing operations experience of items such as propellants explosives and liners is desired.

Essential Functions:

Designs develops and modifies processes and methods for the manufacture and utilization of various solid rocket propellants and energetics formulations.
Provides imaginative thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems through the application of chemistry and/or chemical engineering disciplines and tools.
Participation in design processes including trade studies supplier selection concurrent design and development materials characterization data analysis and drawing review.
Responsible for the preparation execution and maintenance of materials and process specifications and materials control plans (i.e. PMPP corrosion control and contamination control plans).
Analyzes materials and material components to establish operating data conducts experimental or laboratory tests and evaluates results. Selects materials for inclusion in products based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
Completes documentation and procedures for processing testing and use of materials.
Drives corrective and preventive action to ensure continual improvement:Investigates and determines root causes of problems develops and implements corrective and preventive actions including leading failure investigations.
Ability to obtain a US Secret SecurityClearance.

Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelors degree in Chemistry Chemical Engineering or Materials Engineering and six (6) years of directly related technical experience in energetic materials (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).

Preferred Additional Skills:

Masters or PhD in Chemistry Chemical Engineering or Materials Engineering or related science discipline preferred.
Knowledge of chemical principles thermodynamics polymer chemistry structure/property relationships kinetics and data analysis.
Experience with energetic materials statistical analysis programming and experimental set-up and data acquisition is a plus.

Required Experience:

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Job Title: Senior Specialist Materials & Process EngineeringJob Code: 33209Job Location: Camden AR On-SiteJob Schedule: 4/10 Employees work 10 hours per day 4 days a weekJob Description:The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Propellant Chemical Engineerto join our...