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Senior/Staff Materials Engineer

Ursa Major was founded to address a critical shortfall in the U.S. industrial base and bring a new model to aerospace and defense systems: we design and manufacture the world’s leading propulsion systems for space, hypersonic applications, and missile systems. 

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, development, and test. 

Primary Responsibilities 

  • Support design and manufacturing through materials selection, failure analysis, manufacturing process development, and discrepancy resolution.  
  • Author and maintain materials standards and specifications.  
  • Coordinate materials testing in support development and production needs.  
  • Support design and analysis the selection of materials and proper application of published or empirically derived material data.  
  • Review and establish materials requirements for future programs based on contractual requirements. 
  • Work with manufacturing engineering to develop and maintain design “allowables” for additively manufactured materials 

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering 
  • 5+ years in a metals materials engineering role, ideally in the aerospace industry 
  • Experience with at least two of the following forgings, additive, wrought product.  
  • Experience with industry standards for materials data analysis (MMPDS)  
  • Experience with a variety of aerospace metals including nickel based alloys, stainless steel, aluminum alloys, and titanium alloys. 

Desired Experience: 

  • Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering.  
  • Experience conducting failure analysis.  
  • Experience with hands on metallography work.  
  • Experience and working knowledge of laser powder bed fusion additive processes.  
  • Experience with joining processes such as welding (EB, TIG) and brazing 

Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $110,000 - $160,000, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy. Click here for more information about our awesome benefits.

Classification: Full-time Exempt.

Benefits Include:

  • Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
  • Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)
  • Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D
  • Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport
  • EAP Program
  • Retirement Savings Plan - Traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k)
  • Equity Grants in the Company

 


NOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and the drive necessary to succeed here to apply for this role.
 
US CITIZENSHIP, PERMANENT RESIDENCY, REFUGEE OR ASYLUM STATUS IS REQUIRED.
 
We’re an equal-opportunity employer. You will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
 
No outside recruiters, please.
 
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May 16, 2025

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