Fluids Valve Design Engineer Mid Career- Lunar Transportation

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Valve Responsible Engineer within the Lunar Permanence division to own valve components across their life cycle from requirements to flight operations. You will join a team designing valves for crewed lunar vehicles, enabling a sustained human presence on the Moon.

The role emphasizes end-to-end design, analysis coordination (FEA/CFD), and collaboration across engineering teams to ensure reliable valve performance in spaceflight environments.

Qualifications

• Own valve designs end-to-end: requirements, interfaces, detailed design, drawing release, test support, and anomaly resolution
• Perform first-order structural, thermal, and flow analyses to verify designs; coordinate with the analysis team for higher-fidelity modeling (FEA, CFD)
• Size components

Responsibilities

• Own valve designs end-to-end: requirements, interfaces, detailed design, drawing release, test support, and anomaly resolution
• Perform first-order structural, thermal, and flow analyses to verify designs; coordinate with the analysis team for higher-fidelity modeling (FEA, CFD)
• Size components

Skills

Valve design

Structural analysis

Thermal analysis

Flow analysis

Requirements definition

Test support

Job description

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

About the Role

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As a Valve Responsible Engineer, you will own components across their complete life cycle, from requirements definition and conceptual design through detailed design, development testing, verification, and flight operations. You will be part of a team of designing the next generation of valves for crewed lunar vehicles to enable a sustained human presence on the Moon.

Responsibilities

• Own valve designs end-to-end: requirements, interfaces, detailed design, drawing release, test support, and anomaly resolution
• Perform first-order structural, thermal, and flow analyses to verify designs; coordinate with the analysis team for higher-fidelity modeling (FEA, CFD)
• Size components,