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Lead execution of a portfolio of 3–10 strategic systems projects involving solid rocket motors, chemicals, and explosives. Develop integrated plans covering scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and resources; coordinate internal teams, customers, and government agencies; manage financial performance and scope changes; and negotiate contracts with vendors, suppliers, and customers. The role is onsite or hybrid in Colorado, includes up to 30% travel, and requires eligibility for a U.S. security clearance and explosives licenses.

Own physical design of chemical manufacturing facilities from planning through construction, commissioning, and sustaining. Develop equipment layouts, floor plans, process piping, utility routing, P&IDs, equipment and line lists, and controlled drawing sets. Coordinate with civil, architectural, electrical, engineering, construction, and vendor teams. Support field walkdowns, redlines, as-built documentation, PHA, PSSR, and MOC activities across facilities in Colorado and Louisiana.

Drives planning and execution of manufacturing capital, facility, and production-line projects. Develops scopes and schedules, manages procurement and installation, coordinates contractors and engineering teams, oversees equipment commissioning, tracks risks and milestones, and maintains project documentation. The role supports contract administration and ensures facilities meet manufacturing, safety, compliance, OSHA, ITAR, and hazardous-environment requirements.

Leads product and process quality within a high-hazard energetics manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include quality-system improvement, manufacturing process controls, inspections, CAPA, root-cause investigations, audits, supplier quality, MRBs, FMEAs, risk assessments, quality-data analysis, and continuous improvement. The role provides technical leadership and mentorship, collaborates across engineering and manufacturing teams, and ensures compliance with safety, regulatory, customer, and defense requirements.

Supports quality systems, process controls, inspections, audits, corrective actions, supplier quality, failure investigations, and quality data analysis in a high-hazard energetics manufacturing environment. The role collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, EHS, and Supply Chain while helping ensure compliance with ISO 9001, AS9100, customer, regulatory, safety, and security requirements. Work is performed under close supervision and includes participation in MRBs, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Design, program, commission, and maintain PLC and robotic control systems for solid rocket motor and energetic materials production. Develop structured text code, electrical cabinets, HMI/SCADA, plant networking (4-20 mA, Ethernet), and machine-vision/ML optimization. Lead automation solution selection and deployment, apply Lean/Six Sigma, ensure NEC/UL508A and hazardous-area compliance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers toward leading the automation and controls group.

Lead development of an AI-native GEOINT mission management platform that translates operator intent into physically valid collection plans. Own technical vision, build LLM-powered agents, integrate orbital mechanics and sensor models, develop MCP servers and evaluation suites, mentor an engineering team, and drive prototype-to-production for accredited IC/DoD deployments.

Lead and mentor a team of chemical engineers across process design, pilot demonstration, and production scale-up for energetic materials. Drive engineering strategy, resource planning, deliverable review, and compliance in a defense-regulated environment while representing engineering in program reviews and developing talent.

Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team developing solid rocket motors from design through production scale-up. Drive engineering strategy, deliver technical requirements and risk assessments, ensure compliance with government standards, and represent engineering in program reviews while fostering talent and continuous improvement.

Manage end-to-end accounts payable operations, supervise an AP team of 5+, ensure SOX/internal control compliance, improve AP workflows and automation (NetSuite), support month-/year-end close, vendor relations, reporting, and audit preparation.