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EVONA lists this Chief Engineer opportunity in folsom, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Contract Chief Engineer, Solid Rocket Propulsion
Open hourly rate
12-month contract, 40 hours per week. Start mid-October
60 days site onboarding, then remote
A defence and space technology company is hiring a Chief Engineer to own the technical success of its solid rocket propulsion programmes through a 12-month engagement, from design through qualification and into production.
This is a technical leadership role, not a people management one. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team with no direct reports. The company needs a broad, hands-on engineer who has led controllable solid rocket motor programmes before and keeps technical, cost and schedule decisions aligned.
What you'll be doing
Direct the full technical lifecycle, including design reviews and qualification milestones
Make sure systems are producible, compliant, and balanced against cost and schedule
Drive the critical path, deconflict resources and manage task span-times
Hold lean technical baselines, monitor CPI, and challenge budget change requests
Act as the programme's lead technical voice with customers and stakeholders
Support new business and keep customer requests within authorised scope
What you'll need
Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
15+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of technical leadership on controllable solid rocket propulsion
Broad background across design, analysis and test, through IRAD, EMD and production
A generalist profile from systems, project, design or test engineering, without over-specialising
Chief Engineer-level experience (this role isn't open to programme managers)
Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (requires US citizenship)
Nice to have
Current DoD Secret clearance
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of 10+
Hardware taken through qualification and into production
Prior contract or independent consulting work, so you can land and add value fast
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Worksite address
folsom, CA, 95630, US
Who can apply
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