# Senior Materials Engineer

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. Our products and technologies require an extraordinary team. A team that will mold tomorrow’s technologies while deploying today’s best. We are an intrinsically motivated team that has a passion for solving problems and empowering each other every day to develop our skills, knowing that there is always room for growth. The Senior Materials Engineer will provide sustaining support on both production and development programs, enabling Ursa Major to sell engines and develop advanced next generation engines. You will support a broad set of manufacturing processes for metals (additive, forging, casting, forming, extrusion, plating, brazing, anodization, passivation). You will work alongside the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials group to build out a small internal materials lab capable of tackling problems impeding design, developm

- **Id**: 245391
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ursa-major-senior-materials-engineer>
- **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**: 2026-06-05T17:28:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T13:13:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 161
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5062
- **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**: 108000
- **Max**: 135800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 135800

## Technologies

- **AS9100** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 160

## 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: 2026-09-05T10:43:18Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-28T20:57:11Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-11T04:05:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 10
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.368
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 159
- **Expected fill days**: 44
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, urgency, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 135800
- **Is top pay**: no

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