Agile Space Industries · 1 hour ago
Senior Materials & Process Engineer
Durango, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100K/yr - $147K/yr
10+ years expAgile Space Industries is seeking an experienced Sr. Material and Process Engineer to own the material life-cycle for their hypergolic propulsion systems. The role involves ensuring propulsion products can withstand aggressive chemical environments and managing the coordination between product design and manufacturing processes.
3D PrintingAerospaceAir TransportationSpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Select materials and processes on new designs
Support material qualification planning, powder/feedstock specification, and vendor qualification for new material processes
Develop and maintain enterprise material database information
Define, manage, and analyze testing campaigns to develop material and design allowables for metallic additive and wrought products
Develop, execute, and manage test plans for material characterization and component verification
Define and qualify special processes, both internal and supplied, including welding, high temperature coating, CT/NDE techniques, and heat treatment
Participate and lead activities for root-cause analysis of manufacturing defects
Establish M&P standards and functional definition for a rapidly growing engineering organization
Qualification
Required
B.S. or advanced degree in related engineering or technical field
10+ Years of experience with product development
Deep expertise in metal fatigue, fracture mechanics, creep, and microstructural characterization
Familiar with industry standards (ASM, AMS, AWS, SAE)
Experience with metal additive as-built microstructure, post-processing techniques, and material qualification
Experience with non-conformance and failure analysis disposition
Candidate must be a US citizen or permanent resident
Preferred
Experienced with applying statistical methods on internal data against external sources (i.e. MMPDS)
Familiar with fatigue and notch crack growth propagation calculations
Experience with bipropellant or monopropellant compatibility
Hands-on experience with rocket propulsion systems
Familiar with process-structure-property relationships as they impact static and dynamic mechanical properties
Familiar with compliance to NASA-STD-6016, NASA-STD-5009, and NASA-STD-6030
Familiar with qualifying vendors for special processes such as welding, coating, and heat treatment
Experience growing and leading new functions within engineering teams
Experience standing up a metallurgical laboratory
Benefits
Generous health coverage
Dental and vision plans
Flexible Time Off
Parental leave
401(k) with 100% company match up to 4%
Company
Agile Space Industries
Agile Space Industries is an aviation and aerospace that specializes in propulsion, test rockets, and space exploration.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$18.14MKey Investors
Lockheed Martin VenturesCaruso VenturesGreenline Ventures
2024-09-26Convertible Note
2023-06-23Seed· $13M
2021-07-16Debt Financing· $1.8M
Leadership Team
Chris Pearson
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2025-08-27
2025-08-21
Company data provided by crunchbase