Senior Process Development Chemist

Public U.S. defense and space technology company providing mission-critical propulsion, electronics, mission-management, spectrum-intelligence, and lunar-space systems.

Denver, United States
About Voyager Technologies, Inc.

Voyager Technologies operates across national security and space infrastructure, including propulsion and energetics, spacecraft guidance and communications, orbital and lunar systems, mission operations, and AI-enabled spectrum intelligence. Its enterprise includes lunar robotic-mobility capability through the July 2026 acquisition of Astrobotic.

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About the Role

You will design and execute bench-scale experiments to establish process understanding and operating windows. You will assess reaction and thermal hazards, study crystallization and purification, produce engineering data packages, collaborate on scale-up, and support safe laboratory operations.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or related physical science
  • 5+ years of process development, process chemistry, or process scale-up experience
  • Design of Experiments proficiency
  • Experience developing crystallization and purification or separation processes
  • Experience assessing reaction and thermal hazards
  • Experience transferring processes from laboratory to pilot or production
  • Ability to communicate technical results to chemistry and engineering audiences
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain state and federal explosives licenses

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute bench-scale process-characterization experiments
  • Apply Design of Experiments to define operating windows, process parameters, and quality attributes
  • Assess reaction and thermal hazards for safe scale-up
  • Ensure experiments account for mixing, heat transfer, and mass-transfer changes at scale
  • Produce documented data packages for engineering transfer
  • Design targeted experiments with chemical engineers to address scale-up data gaps
  • Support safe laboratory operations, inventory maintenance, and waste minimization

Benefits

  • Flexible Time Off
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Gym memberships
  • 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%
  • Wellness programs
  • Voluntary benefits and employee support resources