Fluids Valve Design Engineer Mid Career- Lunar Transportation

Blue Origin; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Reston, VA invites a Valve Responsible Engineer to own valve designs from requirements through flight operations for the Blue Moon lander. You will work on components across their life cycle to enable sustainable lunar crew and cargo transport.

Join a multidisciplinary team focused on safety and verification, performing analyses, coordinating with analysts, and delivering reliable hardware for crewed lunar missions.

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,

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,