Title:  Senior Propellant Chemical Engineer

Job Title: Specialist, Materials & Process Engineering

Job Code: 36152

Job Location: Camden, AR OR Culpeper, VA

Job Schedule in Camden, AR: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week 

Job Schedule in Culpeper, VA: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Propellant Chemical Engineer.  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 Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Engineering and 4 years of prior related technical experience in energetic materials. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Master’s 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.

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