Manager - Ordnance, Pyrotechnics, and Explosives

Ordnance, Pyrotechnics, and Explosives Manager (Explosives – Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering) What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan and lead technical projects and evaluations for space, launch and missile systems and other customers related to separation and deployment systems, explosive devices, and hydrocode analysis
• Identify, select, and assign engineering personnel, monitor quality of work, report progress, resolve significant technical issues, and assure project success
• Cultivate and maintain strong and effective working relationships with government partners, contractors, and Aerospace organizations in the Engineering Technology Group and Program Offices
• Develop and execute strategic planning to establish and improve the organization’s technical capabilities, analysis tools, standards, and documentation
• Set and manage expectations to inspire staff with technical excellence and product delivery
• Conduct staff performance assessments and direct career development, training, and establish staffing needs to meet department goals
• Participate in the development/refinement of analysis tools and techniques, including hydrocode analysis methodologies

• Bachelor’s degree in physical sciences or engineering
• Five or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience
• Experience with the design, integration, and testing related to explosive/pyrotechnic devices and systems typical of launch vehicles, missile systems, and spacecraft
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally to work locations or customer sites approximately 10%
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance; U.S. citizenship required to obtain a security clearance

• Master’s or PhD degree in a STEM field including relevant coursework (e.g., conservation laws, continuum mechanics)
• Understanding properties of energetic materials, detonation, deflagration, ignition methods, sensitivity, combustion, or thermochemistry
• Understanding physics of shock and impact, ballistic penetration, dynamic behavior of materials, damage, or fracture
• Experience with types of analyses to examine design alternatives, investigate failures, verify performance and/or check compliance with applicable specifications
• Experience in the use of explicit transient hydrocode and finite element analysis tools (e.g., CTH, LS-DYNA)
• Knowledge of AIAA-S-113, RCC 319, MIL-DTL-23659, SMC-S-016 standards
• Current and active TS/SCI security clearance

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Pay Basis:
Annual

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — employees receive company paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees immediately eligible and vested upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to advance career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

The Aerospace Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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