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Owns instrumentation selection and automated control and data acquisition systems for aerospace propulsion production equipment. Develops cRIO/PXI controllers, LabVIEW applications, PLC integrations, SCADA connectivity, and networked communications. Designs safety-first systems for hazardous fluids, energetics, high pressures, and voltages; supports commissioning, validation, documentation, and equipment standards. Collaborates with manufacturing, test, quality, safety, and product teams from benchtop fixtures through facility-scale systems.

Develops and leads system safety, mission assurance, reliability, and risk-management strategies for rocket motor and propulsion systems. Responsibilities include safety board coordination, hazard classification, risk registers, system-level failure assessments, lifecycle planning, flight-test safety, reliability assessments, and failure investigations. Collaborates with design, testing, manufacturing, mission operations, and program teams, while interfacing with Department of Defense safety review boards.

Perform high-fidelity transient and steady-state thermal analyses for aerospace components and systems under extreme conditions. Develop and validate models using Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, and ITRAC; assess insulation, ablative materials, and thermal protection systems; correlate predictions with test data; and support design, manufacturing, testing, failure investigations, and technical documentation.

Analyzes solid rocket motor ballistics and propellant performance, develops and validates computational tools, reviews test data, supports energetic materials testing, investigates failures, and informs design and manufacturing decisions. Presents technical findings to internal teams, government partners, and commercial customers while collaborating across systems, design, and manufacturing functions.

Support solid propellant formulation, mixing, casting, testing, data analysis, and scale-up from laboratory to production. Prepare technical documentation, manufacturing records, and project updates; assist with process improvement, failure analysis, hazard assessments, and safety audits. The role requires hands-on work with hazardous energetic materials and collaboration across engineering and manufacturing teams.

Performs high-fidelity fluids analyses for solid rocket motor products using hand calculations, steady and transient CFD, and 1D modeling. Evaluates test data, correlates analytical models, supports design improvements, and collaborates with design, manufacturing, and test teams. Participates in design reviews, failure investigations, technical documentation, and continuous improvement. Provides mentorship and technical guidance to peers.

Lead program execution from market need through sustainment for in-space propulsion programs. Manage customer relationships, budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and cross-functional technical teams. Prepare program review materials, support capture and BD efforts, and ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfaction while meeting ITAR/EAR and security eligibility requirements.

Analyze and optimize manufacturing processes using time studies, simulation, and CAD to improve throughput, safety, quality, and cost. Build and validate factory/line simulation models, support capacity planning and layout design, drive continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma), collaborate cross-functionally on implementation, and document standard work and best practices.

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will design and maintain software for aerospace systems, debug hardware, and collaborate on software features in a reliable and high-performance environment.

Lead development of guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems from concept to flight-ready software. Design and simulate algorithms, translate requirements into embedded implementations, support HIL and flight test, analyze test data, coordinate across vehicle design, avionics, structures and testing, and document results while mitigating technical risk.