Manufacturing Engineer, Solid Rocket Motors

Role details

America is critically deficient in production of defensive munitions- we currently produce shipborne interceptors in the few hundreds per year while our adversaries are producing offensive threats in the tens of thousands per year. Furientis was started to help solve this problem- introducing a new class of cost-effective, high production rate, interceptor missiles. We're seeking motivated individuals who internalize this problem and are eager to apply their past experience in similar industries (aerospace, defense, automotive/racing, robotics) and out of the box thinking to solve this problem for the US and its allies.

About the Team

About the Role

What You'll Do

- Capture the current 6-inch build process (already flying motors) into travelers, work instructions, and control plans. - Lay out the Mojave build line. Safety first, throughput second. - Design and procure the tooling and fixtures for both motor sizes. - Build the inspection plan. Perform NDE on early articles; transition routine NDE to an external Level III provider as build rate scales. - Run the energetic-materials build line: handle the propellant ingredient set, the energetic and hazardous precursor chemistry, and the mix-and-cure operations safely day to day. The Energetic Materials Engineer owns formulation and characterization; you own the line that builds with it.

The safety culture on the line is yours to set and defend. - Build and own the technical side of the motor-hardware supplier base. The Head of Supply Chain owns commercial terms. Feed DFM lessons back into the development engineer's design package.

Skills We're Hiring For - B.S. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering. - 5+ years hands-on manufacturing engineering on solid rocket motors or analogous hazardous-process manufacturing. - Hands-on LEAN, 5S, and value-stream mapping with cost or throughput outcomes you can defend with numbers. - Hands-on inspection and NDE experience. - Hands-on safety record working with energetic and hazardous materials. - Track record of taking a hand-built first article to a repeatable production article without losing performance margin. - AI-native working style: daily use of agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or similar) for traveler authoring, process-data analysis, and supplier-comparison work.

Bonus Points For - Direct solids build-floor experience. - Stood up a remote or rural test and build site. - Compliance experience for energetic operations (ATF, EPA, OSHA PSM, local AHJ). - Volume transition: moved a tactical motor from prototype to production rate. - Familiarity with insensitive munitions (IM) protocols. - Out-of-domain background that gives you practical, first-principles intuition (automotive, motorsports, robotics, hobbyist high-power rocketry). We actively want people who can solve solid motor manufacturing problems without dragging legacy-prime habits with them. Eligibility & Logistics Location: On-site at our Los Angeles, CA HQ; remote work is not available.

Monthly weekend travel for test events and supplier engagements. Clearance: A clearance is not required for this position. Must be a U.S. Person.

Equal Opportunity

& Export Compliance Furientis is an equal-opportunity employer. To comply with U.S. export control laws, employment is contingent on eligibility to access export-controlled information.