Lead Structural Engineer, Spaceflight Systems

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 121,023 - 169,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Life and disability insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Stock options

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks a seasoned mechanical/structural engineer to lead the design of Stage 1 Tank structures for New Glenn. You will own detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, and integration across design, analysis, materials, processes, and manufacturing.

Requires a B.S. in engineering, 5+ years of experience, proficiency with 3D CAD and PDM tools, and readiness to travel up to 20% to suppliers and manufacturing sites in Florida.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in mechanical, structural, or related engineering field.
• 5+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials, stress/strain, statics, and finite element analysis.
• Experience with large primary or secondary structures.
• Experience with material selection and metallic manufacturing techniques (sheet metal, machining).
• Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T and design for manufacturability.
• Strong mechanical design and integration using 3D CAD software.
• Strong PDM skills (Windchill, TeamCenter).
• Hands-on experience on production floor or in service.
• Ability to travel 0%-20% of the year to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering scope to close including planning, detailed design, 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.

Skills

Mechanical design

PDM tools

Travel readiness

FEA knowledge

Materials experience

GD&T

3D CAD

Team collaboration

Manufacturing integration

Education

B.S. in mechanical/structural engineering

Tools

Windchill

TeamCenter

Job description

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks a seasoned mechanical/structural engineer to lead the design of Stage 1 Tank structures for New Glenn. You will own detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, and integration across design, analysis, materials, processes, and manufacturing.

Requires a B.S. in engineering, 5+ years of experience, proficiency with 3D CAD and PDM tools, and readiness to travel up to 20% to suppliers and manufacturing sites in Florida.