Senior Space Vehicle Structural Loads Engineer

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks an experienced Mechanical/Aerospace engineer specializing in structural loads. You will perform coupled loads analysis for launch vehicles, develop and validate finite element models, and communicate results to customers and teams.

The role requires strong modeling skills, experience with NASTRAN/Matlab, and a passion for solving complex aerospace problems in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• : B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.

Responsibilities

• Launch vehicle Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) development and execution, including cross-discipline interactions to ensure proper analysis inputs/assumptions and to ensure generation of desired outputs.
• Documentation and communication of CLA and other loads results for internal, government, and commercial customers.
• Finite Element Model development/refinement, validation, and correlation to modal tests.
• Finite Element Model reduction using Component Modal Synthesis methods (e.g., Craig-Bampton).
• General loads development for launch vehicles and related ground systems.
• Development of mathematical models and simulations for loads analysis.
• Resource-intensive computing, management of large datasets, reduction, and post-processing of data for engineering applications.
• Other low and high frequency structural loads tasks as required.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Ownership mentality

Collaboration

Education

B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

HYPERMESH

ANSYS

DMAP

IMAT

Python

Fortran

LS-DYNA

MATLAB

NASTRAN

Job description

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks an experienced Mechanical/Aerospace engineer specializing in structural loads. You will perform coupled loads analysis for launch vehicles, develop and validate finite element models, and communicate results to customers and teams.

The role requires strong modeling skills, experience with NASTRAN/Matlab, and a passion for solving complex aerospace problems in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.