Senior Opto-Mechanical Space Engineer - Gimbals

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); Sur place; USD 198 000 - 277 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Blue Origin LLC's Emerging Systems is seeking an exceptional Opto-Mechanical Engineer to lead design of precision gimbal assemblies and optical components for the TeraWave constellation. You will define performance requirements, perform tolerance analyses, and mentor junior engineers in space-qualified mechanisms.

This role expects hands-on experience with mechanism design, GD&T, and thermal-vacuum testing, plus collaboration across avionics, mechanical, and production teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years designing, analyzing, manufacturing, and qualifying space mechanisms.
• Experience with gimbal assemblies or multi-axis pointing mechanisms.

Responsabilités

• Lead the architectural design and development of precision gimbal assemblies for space optical terminals.
• Define mechanism requirements, error budgets, and design margins across structural, thermal, dynamic domains.
• Drive design trades balancing mass, volume, stiffness, and lifetime.
• Lead qualification programs including shock, vibration, and thermal vacuum testing.
• Develop and maintain design standards and documentation for hardware builds.
• Guide integration, harness routing, and interface control with teams.
• Mentor junior engineers in mechanisms design and space qualification practices.

Connaissances

Gimbal design

Mechanical analysis

GD&T

Space qualification testing

Mentor engineers

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Outils

Creo/NX/SolidWorks

ANSYS/NASTRAN/COMSOL

Description du poste

Blue Origin LLC's Emerging Systems is seeking an exceptional Opto-Mechanical Engineer to lead design of precision gimbal assemblies and optical components for the TeraWave constellation. You will define performance requirements, perform tolerance analyses, and mentor junior engineers in space-qualified mechanisms.

This role expects hands-on experience with mechanism design, GD&T, and thermal-vacuum testing, plus collaboration across avionics, mechanical, and production teams.