# Senior Conceptual Design Engineer, Solid Rocket Motors

The future of aerospace and defense starts here. Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands. Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands. The Senior Conceptual Design Engineer, Solid Missile Systems, is responsible for the preliminary design trades of solid rocket motor primary structures and performance based on customer requirements and industry specifications. The analyst supports Business Development in preliminary evaluation and design solutions for new business to determine feasibility of potential new products. Responsibilities: Clean sheet design of novel solid rocket motors with limited guidance from subject matter experts. Distill customer requirement

- **Id**: 4209859
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ursa-major-senior-conceptual-design-engineer-solid-rocket-motors>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Berthoud, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T21:07:51Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T01:21:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5617
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Retirement plans, Unlimited PTO, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 58870
- **Name**: Ursa Major
- **Domain**: ursamajor.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ursa-major>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.824
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 44
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 105840
- **Max**: 132300
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 132300

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Fortran** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T00:38:16Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T03:57:24Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 132300
- **Is top pay**: no

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