Lead Structural Engineer, Spaceflight Systems

Blue Origin LLC; Washington; On-site; USD 121,023 - 169,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in Washington seeks an experienced structural engineer to lead the Stage 1 Tanks design effort for the New Glenn program. You will own the complete design cycle for structural components, perform analyses, and coordinate with multi-function teams across sites to ensure safety and manufacturability.

The role requires a B.S. in a relevant field, 5+ years of engineering experience, strong FEA, and hands-on hardware experience.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in 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, compatibility, and metallic manufacturing techniques & product forms (sheet metal, machining).
• Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T and design for manufacturability.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
• Strong product data management (PDM) skills (Windchill, TeamCenter).
• Hands on experience with hardware on the production floor and/or in service.
• Ability to travel 0%-20% to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL.

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-function teams across multiple work sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing.

Skills

Mechanics of materials

Finite element analysis

3D CAD

PDM systems

Design for manufacturability

Education

B.S. degree in mechanical/structural engineering

Tools

Windchill

TeamCenter

3D CAD software

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in Washington seeks an experienced structural engineer to lead the Stage 1 Tanks design effort for the New Glenn program. You will own the complete design cycle for structural components, perform analyses, and coordinate with multi-function teams across sites to ensure safety and manufacturability.

The role requires a B.S. in a relevant field, 5+ years of engineering experience, strong FEA, and hands-on hardware experience.