Jobs at Ursa Major

Supports employee learning and development programs, including training content, compliance training, manager development, scheduling, facilitation, records, and effectiveness evaluation. Owns operational coordination of new-hire onboarding from pre-boarding through the first day, partnering with People Operations, hiring managers, IT, Security, Facilities, and presenters. Tracks readiness, manages communications and logistics, supports HRIS activities, identifies process gaps, and recommends improvements to onboarding and learning experiences.

Partners with leaders on people strategies, employee relations, performance management, compensation, compliance, organizational effectiveness, inclusion, workforce planning, and HRIS initiatives. Uses HR analytics to identify trends and guide decisions, supports investigations and compensation actions, and coaches leaders on complex employee matters in a fast-growing aerospace and defense organization.

Provide broad legal and administrative support to the General Counsel and Legal team: maintain corporate records, support subpoenas/audits/litigation, manage IP administration, track contracts and filings (including LDA/PAC), implement document retention and process improvements, triage legal requests, manage calendaring, billing, and the contract management system.

Performs solid rocket motor ballistics analysis, develops and validates computational tools, reviews test data, supports energetic materials modeling and testing, investigates failures, and presents technical findings to government and commercial customers. The role contributes to propulsion design, manufacturing support, production deviation resolution, and applied R&D while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Lead the design, development, qualification, procurement, testing, and production support of ordnance components for solid rocket motors. Responsibilities include designing ignition, safe-and-arm, separation, and termination systems; managing technical supplier interfaces; authoring specifications and test documentation; overseeing environmental and energetic testing; investigating failures; performing risk analyses; and collaborating across systems engineering, safety, quality, and integration teams.

Performs high-fidelity structural, thermal-stress, dynamic, and finite element analyses for solid rocket motor components. Develops and validates analytical models, correlates results with test data, supports design and manufacturing decisions, investigates failures, prepares technical documentation, and mentors analysis engineers. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, and test teams to support development, qualification, production, and continuous improvement of safety-critical aerospace propulsion systems.

Performs loads development, load spectrum development, structural dynamics analysis, and model validation for aerospace propulsion and vehicle programs. Assesses motor performance under vibration and shock, propagates loads to components, supports testing and instrumentation, and evaluates nonconforming hardware. Requires structural analysis experience, dynamic loads expertise, and a mechanical or aerospace engineering degree. Preferred experience includes FEA, NASTRAN, ANSYS, Abaqus, fatigue analysis, and thermal-structural analysis.

Support aerospace and defense propulsion programs by defining and maintaining requirements, developing system-level qualification plans, tracking verification status, reviewing test and analysis documentation, conducting failure and risk analyses, and building MBSE models. The role also manages systems engineering tools and processes, communicates compliance to customers and management, and mentors junior systems engineering staff.

Lead finance partnership for aerospace and defense business lines, overseeing program finance, FP&A, EAC/ETC forecasting, EVM, long-range planning, pricing, contract economics, and capital planning. Build program-level reporting and financial systems, ensure GAAP/FAR/CAS compliance, and advise executive and engineering leadership. Recruit and lead a high-performing finance organization supporting propulsion program development, production ramp-up, and operational scale.

The Talent Acquisition Partner leads recruiting for technical and aerospace roles, partnering with hiring managers to define requisitions, develop sourcing strategies, build talent pipelines, conduct candidate screens, and guide candidates through interviews. The role requires strong recruiting expertise, market awareness, relationship-building, accurate ATS management, and a commitment to inclusive hiring. The partner also supports employer branding, process improvement, and timely hiring across shifting priorities.

Own daily operations for Ursa Major’s Washington, DC office, including vendors, facilities, budgets, supplies, visitors, events, security procedures, onboarding, and executive hospitality. Coordinate with headquarters teams and build scalable operating processes, SOPs, vendor structures, and onboarding playbooks. Lead office projects through planning and closeout, tracking schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and action items. The role requires high-visibility guest management, cross-functional coordination, and on-site execution in a controlled-access aerospace and defense environment.

Own supplier performance for liquid propulsion systems, driving improvements in quality, cost, delivery, and capacity. Lead supplier development, audits, onboarding, corrective actions, non-conformance management, and supplier quality metrics. Provide technical support at supplier sites, review manufacturing processes, support DFM and NPI, and ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards including AS9102 and AS9100. Partner with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and vendors to reduce risk and improve hardware reliability and manufacturability.

Own supplier performance for solid rocket motor components, improving quality, cost, delivery, and capacity. Lead supplier development, audits, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, nonconformance management, DFM reviews, and supplier NPI. Partner with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and vendors to ensure manufacturability, reliability, compliance, and production readiness. Provide onsite supplier support and analyze quality and delivery metrics to reduce supply-chain risk. The role requires aerospace-quality expertise, GD&T, AS9102 FAI knowledge, and travel up to 50%.

Owns Ursa Major’s long-range planning strategy, multi-year thesis, scenario and market modeling, quarterly business reviews, portfolio planning, KPI dashboards, and planning-tool roadmap. Partners across Finance, Engineering, Operations, Programs, and Business Development to connect strategic priorities with demand, capacity, investment, and financial plans. Leads continuous improvement, supports executive decision-making and change management, and manages a Strategy Analyst.

Leads the design, integration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of avionics automated, special, and electrical ground support test equipment. Spends approximately half the role on hands-on test engineering and half leading a small team, coordinating schedules, managing risks, improving processes, and collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management. Supports qualification, environmental, production acceptance, and hardware/software integration testing for complex aerospace and defense electronics.

Leads propulsion tank architecture from concept through qualification for hypersonic and high-performance aerospace vehicles. Responsibilities include fluid and mechanical tank design, subsystem integration, requirements definition, testing, data analysis, risk mitigation, technical reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. The role serves as the technical authority for tanks and interfaces while providing mentorship and technical leadership.

Own systems engineering for in-space spacecraft propulsion from concept through production. Develop and maintain requirements, coordinate verification and validation, support qualification and acceptance testing, participate in design and program reviews, assess reliability and risks, ensure range safety compliance, and mentor systems engineering associates.

Owns costed bills of materials, material baselines, pricing, lead-time tracking, supplier readiness, and part availability across aerospace and defense programs. Builds dashboards and cost models, leads shortage reviews, maintains ERP/MRP data, supports proposals and EAC/BOE development, coordinates engineering changes and make-versus-buy decisions, expedites critical materials, and ensures Government and Customer Furnished Property compliance under FAR/DFARS.

Leads concurrent capital and infrastructure projects from concept through commissioning and occupancy. Manages budgets, schedules, risks, consultants, contractors, permitting, construction, commissioning, and stakeholder coordination across active manufacturing, laboratory, test, and campus environments. Serves as owner’s representative, ensuring projects meet scope, cost, schedule, safety, regulatory, and operational objectives while minimizing production disruptions.

Own and maintain integrated master schedules using Microsoft Project and Planner Premium. Build baselines, manage dependencies and critical paths, track progress, analyze schedule risks and variances, and produce executive dashboards and performance metrics. Coordinate with program managers and cross-functional teams, conduct schedule risk and scenario analyses, and enforce change-control processes for program baselines.