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We own the chemistry, the motor and grain design, the ground test campaigns, and the range operations.\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a chemist or chemical engineer who will own our composite propellant: formulation, mix and cure process, ingredient sourcing, and characterization. You will report to the Head of Propulsion.\nThis is a hands-on role for someone who has already taken a composite propellant from formulation through motor flight or qualification, and who prefers cheap, well-understood chemistry to high-energy energetics or one-source materials.\nEvery formulation choice is also a unit-cost choice, and we expect you to design accordingly.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn propellant formulation: composition tradeoffs, ingredient selection, and the cost-vs-performance calls that go with both.\nDevelop the mix and cure process: vacuum mix profile, ingredient addition order, cure schedule, pot life.\nSource and technically qualify ingredients across the propellant supplier base. The Head of Supply Chain owns commercial terms.\nCharacterize each formulation: burn rate at temperature, pressure exponent, density, mechanical properties, strain-to-failure, aging.\nMatch propellant properties to motor architecture with the development engineer.\nDesign the dual-pulse chemistry: pulse-1 and pulse-2 composition selection, mechanical and thermal compatibility, interpulse barrier interaction.\nWrite the mix SOPs and qualification documentation.\nOwn the chemistry side of facility safety and compliance: storage planning, hazardous-materials handling, ATF and AHJ documentation.\nSkills We're Hiring For\nB.S. or M.S. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related.\n5+ years hands-on composite-propellant formulation and mix process development. At least one propellant where you carried it from formulation through motor flight or qualification.\nFluency with HTPB, AP, aluminum, curative, plasticizer, and bonding agent chemistry: ingredient interactions, cure mechanisms, mechanical property tradeoffs.\nHands-on mix experience: vertical and planetary mixers, vacuum mixing, cast and cure cycle development.\nWorking fluency with thermochemistry codes for predicting Isp, flame temperature, c*, and product species across a composition range.\nHands-on burn rate measurement: strand burner, pressure exponent, temperature sensitivity.\nMechanical property testing of cured propellant: uniaxial tensile, modulus, strain-to-failure across operating temperature.\nReal working network of composite-propellant ingredient suppliers across AP, HTPB, aluminum, and curative families.\nA real track record of meeting motor performance without reaching for exotic chemistry or one-source materials. No high-energy oxidizers, no nano-aluminum, no exotic binders.\nAI-native working style: daily use of agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or similar) for formulation tradeoff scripting, thermochemistry runs, and characterization data reduction.\nBonus Points For\nDirect dual-pulse propellant development.\nAging and shelf-life qualification experience.\nStood up a propellant mix facility from scratch.\nATF, OSHA PSM, and EPA compliance experience for energetic-materials operations.\nBurn rate modifier and ballistic modifier formulation work.\nOut-of-domain chemistry background that gives you practical, first-principles intuition (polymer chemistry, battery formulation, hazardous-process work). 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