Lead Spaceflight Configuration Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid parental leave

Education Support Program

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks an experienced mechanical design engineer to manage GS2PA configuration baselines for New Glenn, owning baselines across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical subsystems. You will drive trade studies and interface definitions to enable coherent vehicle design solutions.

The role requires strong 3-D CAD and integration skills, with experience in large tolerance analyses and leading cross-functional teams through complex design changes from concept to

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering and 5+ years of experience in aircraft or spacecraft mechanical design, configuration and layout.
• Design configuration control experience on recently developed products and equipment from trade studies through manufacturing and test.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills within a highly integrated cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated product team to define configuration baselines for vehicle design changes and variants.
• Own integrated configuration across subsystems, ensuring a coherent vehicle-level design solution.
• Drive development and flow-down of configuration requirements and verification planning.
• Lead cross-functional trade studies and assess design options.
• Coordinate and communicate configuration changes across subsystems, resolving conflicts.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

3D CAD

Visualization tools

Scheduling & planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in engineering

M.S. in engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

Windchill

Job description

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks an experienced mechanical design engineer to manage GS2PA configuration baselines for New Glenn, owning baselines across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical subsystems. You will drive trade studies and interface definitions to enable coherent vehicle design solutions.

The role requires strong 3-D CAD and integration skills, with experience in large tolerance analyses and leading cross-functional teams through complex design changes from concept to