Senior Ballistician

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of experience in solid rocket motors, ballistics, or engineering design/analysis.
• Experience with energetics performance analysis, experimental design, and data analysis.
• Proficiency with CLWire, SPP, or similar ballistic analysis tools.
• Familiarity with control theory and its application to engineering problems.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, Fortran, or similar programming languages.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills in a fast-paced development environment.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Applied R&D and/or production support experience.
• Familiarity with combustion instability.
• Strong background in fluid mechanics and/or compressible flow.

Job Description

Insight Global's client is looking for a Senior Ballistician. The Senior Ballistician will support the design, analysis, testing, and evaluation of next-generation solid rocket motor technologies. This role will provide ballistic and energetic analysis to inform motor design, manufacturing, testing, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform ballistic analysis to predict, validate, and improve solid rocket motor and propellant performance.
• Develop, refine, and validate computational methods and ballistic analysis tools.
• Analyze test data and use results to guide future designs.
• Support energetic material characterization, testing, and modeling.
• Support failure investigations, failure analysis, and production deviation resolution.
• Collaborate with systems, design, and manufacturing teams to meet performance and manufacturability requirements.
• Prepare and present technical results and program findings to internal, government, and commercial customers.

Salary range: $107,000- $134,000