Lead Structural Design Engineer — Spaceflight

Blue Origin

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 121,000 - 169,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle is seeking a Structural Design Engineer at levels 2–4 to lead the design and analysis of Stage 1 Tank components for the New Glenn vehicle. You will own the design cycle from concept to released drawings, drive trade studies, and coordinate with procurement and manufacturing to meet program schedules.

The role requires 3–5+ years of experience, strong CAD skills, FE analysis, and familiarity with PDM tools.

Qualifications

B.S. degree or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field.
3–5+ years in professional engineering experience.
Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials, stress/strain, statics, structures sizing and finite element analysis.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering scope to close including planning, design, structural analysis, engineering release, procurement, and test.
Ownership of the entire design cycle of structure components, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, build, development testing, and qualification.
Develop, release, and maintain a full CAD and drawing engineering definition package.
Support procurement activities to support vehicle build schedules.
Support integrated test objectives, data review, and reporting.
Perform or facilitate emergent analysis for non-conformances.
Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.
Work with multi-functional teams across multiple work sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing.