Satellite & Payloads Materials Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a M&P Engineer for Satellite and Payloads to establish and execute materials and process controls across spacecraft systems. You will protect mechanical, electrical, thermal, RF, and optical performance from design to fleet sustainment.

The role requires a strong background in aerospace materials, process qualification, and collaboration with designers, production teams, and suppliers to enable high-rate, reliable manufacturing.

Qualifications

• B.S. in materials science/engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in aerospace materials and processes.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings and specifications, qualifying materials or processes, and dispositioning nonconformances.
• Ability to connect material/process choices to electrical, mechanical, thermal, radiation, reliability, and manufacturing outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute the TeraWave Materials and Processes Plan and approved materials/processes lists across spacecraft bus systems and RF and optical payloads, coordinated with the program standards plan and product-assurance framework.
• Provide M&P technical authority for spacecraft structures and mechanisms, thermal hardware, RF and optical payload hardware, solar-array assemblies, propulsion hardware, avionics enclosures, CCAs, wired boards, and power electronics.
• Review drawings, material specifications, process specifications, source-control documents, supplier plans, and manufacturing instructions for compliance and verifiablilty.
• Select and qualify materials and processes for vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, thermal cycling, humidity/storage, contamination, corrosion, charging, high voltage, and launch environments.

Skills

Materials science

Metallurgy

Joining

Surface treatments

Lubrication

Adhesives/coatings

Contamination control

Thermal-control materials

Soldering

PCB/CCA fabrication

Harness processes

Connectors/plating

Polymers

Materials review

Design-for-manufacture

Education

B.S. in materials science/engineering or related technical field

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a M&P Engineer for Satellite and Payloads to establish and execute materials and process controls across spacecraft systems. You will protect mechanical, electrical, thermal, RF, and optical performance from design to fleet sustainment.

The role requires a strong background in aerospace materials, process qualification, and collaboration with designers, production teams, and suppliers to enable high-rate, reliable manufacturing.