Energetics Safety Manager

Castelion was founded to restore America’s ability to field advanced weapons at speed and scale. Inspired by the engineering urgency of the WWII and Apollo eras, we combine rapid iteration, vertical integration, and scalable manufacturing to deliver affordable, high-performance strike systems. Our mission: rebuild industrial agility to strengthen national security and outpace evolving threats.

The Energetics Safety Manager leads Castelion's enterprise Energetics Safety Program and is responsible for establishing the policies, standards, procedures, training, and risk management framework needed to support the safe design, manufacture, storage, transportation, testing, and disposal of energetic materials.

As part of the Environmental, Health & Safety organization, this role provides independent energetics safety oversight and partners with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Facilities, Security, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management to integrate safety throughout the product and operational lifecycle. The position supports and coordinates energetics safety across all Castelion locations conducting energetic operations.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Occupational Safety, Chemistry, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
  
• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience supporting energetic materials or explosives operations in aerospace, defense, military, manufacturing, or another high hazard industry.
  
• Demonstrated experience developing or implementing energetics safety programs, technical standards, procedures, and operational requirements.
  
• Experience leading or facilitating hazard analyses and risk assessments, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies such as PHAs, HAZOPs, FMEAs, What-If analyses, QRAs, and Quantity-Distance evaluations.
  
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary design reviews, readiness reviews, and high consequence test or manufacturing activities.
  
• Working knowledge of applicable DoD explosives safety requirements, ATF regulations, OSHA, DOT hazardous materials regulations, and NFPA codes and standards.
  
• Ability to provide independent safety oversight, influence cross-functional teams, and communicate risk-based recommendations without direct operational or engineering authority.
  
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience supporting solid rocket motor manufacturing, propulsion systems, missile programs, or other energetic defense applications.
  
• Experience supporting ground and flight test operations, external government test ranges, explosives safety approvals, facility siting, or quantitative consequence modeling.
  
• Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, or equivalent.
  
• Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
  

Benefits

• Employee Equity: Meaningful equity for all full-time employees - share value has increased 150x in three years
  
• Personal Time Off: Four (4) weeks of paid time off to unplug, reset, and come back sharp—velocity matters, burnout doesn't
  
• Company Paid Holidays: Ten (10) company paid holidays
  
• Medical: We offer plans at 100% employee covered and 80% of dependent coverage
  
• Dental & Vision: We cover 90% employees and 80% for dependents to ensure you and your family have access to quality preventive and ongoing care
  
• FSA/HSA: To support long-term health and financial resilience, we offer FSA and HSA options that allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible medical and dependent care expenses
  
• Retirement: 401k plan offered to support long term financial growth along side high-impact, high-velocity work
  
• Paid Parental Leave: We support growing families with meaningful time to bond and recover. Birthing parents are eligible for up to 10 weeks of paid leave, while non-birthing parents may take up to 4 weeks of paid leave. This time can be used for pre-natal care, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical needs—ensuring every parent has the support they need during this important life moment.8-weeks of paid parental leave for all parents. Additional paid pregnancy leave for CA employees
  
• Meals & Catering: Frequently catered lunches and team meals, plus company-covered meals when extra time or effort is required
  
• Snacks & Beverages: Fully stocked kitchen with unlimited snacks and drinks to keep you fueled throughout the day
  
• Performance & Fitness: $100 monthly fitness stipend to support peak performance and health, both inside and outside of work
  
• EV Charging: Onsite electric vehicle charging available for employees