Fire Point Rocket Technology

We specialize in the design and manufacturing of rocket engine components, with qualification and performance testing conducted at our dedicated off‑site facilities.

Our work supports programs of vital importance to Denmark’s national defense.

Role Purpose

The Senior Chemist for Quality Control performs sampling and laboratory analysis at both incoming and in-process control stages to ensure that all raw materials, intermediates, and final solid propellant products fully comply with FPRT’s chemical quality and safety standards.

This role is responsible for managing the chemical quality laboratory, ensuring testing accuracy, data traceability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of all quality control processes.

The position bridges quality control, chemistry, and compliance, ensuring that materials and products are verified, documented, and released in accordance with internal specifications, recipes, and regulatory standards.

Reports to: Quality Control Manager

Key Responsibilities

1. Incoming Material Quality Control

• Supervise or perform laboratory testing of all incoming raw materials before release to production.

• Verify chemical identity, purity, particle size, and moisture content according to specification sheets.

• Collaborate with Procurement and Senior Chemical Engineer to address any deviations or supplier non-conformities.

• Maintain control samples and ensure full traceability between supplier batch numbers, analyses, and production batches.

2. In-Process & Final Product Testing

• Oversee testing of chemical and physical parameters for polymerized propellant batches after processing.

• Validate consistency, density, bonding quality, homogeneity, and chemical stability of final products.

• Review results from NDT/radiography and tomography, ensuring alignment between chemical and structural integrity results.

• Authorize or reject chemical batch conformity before final release.

3. Laboratory Operations & Data Management

• Manage laboratory operations, ensuring all instruments are calibrated, maintained, and used safely.

• Develop and update laboratory SOPs, testing methods, and documentation templates.

• Guarantee data integrity, traceability, and compliance within ERP or LIMS systems.

• Ensure retention, cataloguing, and archiving of all control samples.

4. Quality Assurance & CAPA

• Collaborate with the QC Manager and Senior Chemical Engineer to define sampling plans and acceptance criteria.

• Lead chemical-related investigations of non-conformities and contribute to root-cause analyses.

• Initiate and follow up on CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions) to ensure long-term quality improvements.

• Monitor trends in quality performance and propose preventive measures.

5. Compliance & Safety

• Ensure all laboratory operations comply with REACH, ISO, and local HSE standards.

• Supervise safe handling, labeling, and disposal of chemicals and reagents.

• Prepare laboratory for internal/external audits and certification inspections.

• Train laboratory personnel in safety, testing procedures, and documentation accuracy.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• 100% of incoming materials tested and approved prior to use.

• 100% traceable batch documentation and chemical data integrity.

• Zero release of non-conforming materials or final products.

• On-time delivery of QC test results to Production and Quality teams.

• Successful laboratory audits (no major findings or non-conformities).

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or Material Science.

• 4–7 years of experience in chemical or quality control laboratories within chemical, polymer, defense, or aerospace industries.

• Hands-on experience with analytical testing methods (moisture, viscosity, density, spectroscopy, etc.).

• Understanding of quality management systems (ISO 9001 / ISO 17025).

• Knowledge of REACH and hazardous chemical handling regulations.

• Experience with LIMS/ERP data documentation systems.

• Strong English communication skills (Danish or Ukrainian is a plus).