Quality Specialist

The future of aerospace and defense starts here. 

Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands. 

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. 

As Ursa Major continues to scale the development and production of solid rocket motors, accurate material characterization, in-process testing, and final product verification are essential to ensuring safe and repeatable performance. The Energetics Quality Specialist will provide hands-on quality support throughout the energetics manufacturing process, from incoming raw-material acceptance through propellant testing and final motor inspection. 

Reporting to the Quality Control Manager, this individual will execute established laboratory and inspection methods, operate specialized test equipment, evaluate results against defined requirements, and maintain traceability between raw materials, test samples, production batches, and completed hardware. The Energetics Quality Specialist will also identify and document nonconforming conditions, support batch-record and End Item Data Package completion, and ensure quality data is accurate and available when needed to support manufacturing decisions. 

Responsibilities: 

• Perform incoming and periodic reacceptance testing of binder/polymer and other chemicals in accordance with approved specifications and test procedures. 

• Conduct laboratory testing including titrations, viscosity measurements, moisture analysis, antioxidant-content testing, particle-size analysis, and other chemical or physical-property evaluations. 

• Perform lot-acceptance testing of raw materials 

• Collect, identify, prepare, condition, and test samples generated during propellant mixing, casting, curing, and related manufacturing operations. 

• Operate a parallel-plate rheometer and collect viscosity data during applicable mix and cast operations. 

• Perform tensile, pull, and other mechanical-property testing using an Instron or similar universal testing machine. 

• Evaluate peel-channel or bond-test specimens used to assess adhesion, cure, crosslinking, or other specified material characteristics. 

• Operate a Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer in accordance with approved test methods.