Job Title: Specialist, Materials & Process Engineering Job Code: 38679 Job Location: Camden, AR OR Culpeper, VA Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week Job Description: The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Propellant Chemical Engineer. This forward-deployed propellant chemist role within the Propulsion Materials and Process Engineering team performs assignments requiring an application of advanced principles, theories and concepts in the propulsion field with an emphasis on propellant chemistry technology and manufacturing with a working knowledge of other related disciplines (thermal and structural), working directly with Propellant Operations. Experience in process control, lean manufacturing best practices, and manufacturing operations experience of items such as propellants, explosives and liners is desired. Essential Functions: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Designs, develops and modifies processes and methods for the manufacture and utilization of various solid rocket propellants and energetics formulations. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Provides imaginative, thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems through the application of chemistry and/or chemical engineering disciplines and tools.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Participation in design processes including trade studies, supplier selection, concurrent design and development, materials characterization, data analysis, and drawing review. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Responsible for the preparation, execution and maintenance of materials and process specifications, and materials control plans (i.e. PMPP, corrosion control and contamination control plans). </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Analyzes materials and material components to establish operating data, conducts experimental or laboratory tests and evaluates results. Selects materials for inclusion in products based on analysis of specifications and reliability. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Completes documentation and procedures for processing, testing and use of materials. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Drives corrective and preventive action to ensure continual improvement: Investigates and determines root causes of problems, develops and implements corrective and preventive actions, including leading failure investigations.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.</li> </ul> Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Requires a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Engineering and 4 years of prior related technical experience in energetic materials. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. </li> </ul> Preferred Additional Skills: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Master’s or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Engineering or related science discipline preferred.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Knowledge of chemical principles, thermodynamics, polymer chemistry, structure/property relationships, kinetics, and data analysis.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Experience with energetic materials, statistical analysis, programming and experimental set-up and data acquisition is a plus.</li> </ul> #LI-KF1

Senior Propellant Chemical Engineer (Camden, AR, US, 71701) @ L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

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