Senior Spacecraft Design Lead

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in Merritt Island, seeks a Senior Principal Spacecraft Design Engineer to own the end-to-end spacecraft design, including power, thermal, compute, and comms systems. You will perform hands-on CREO modeling and lead cross-functional integration to ensure robust hardware across the product lifecycle.

You will conduct trade studies, lead analyses and verification campaigns, and present results to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in the detailed design and analysis of complex mechanical systems.
• Expert proficiency in 3D modeling and detailed design.
• Extensive, hands-on experience designing, analyzing, and testing space mechanisms.
• Strong fundamentals in mechanical engineering principles, including statics, dynamics, materials, and machine design.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects and work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the entire spacecraft design and development, including power, thermal, compute, and communications systems, and identify novel solutions.
• Directly perform hands-on, high-complexity design and modeling work in CREO to create detailed 3D models, component specifications, and production-level drawings.
• Conduct and document trade studies to drive design decisions, optimize system architecture, and ensure requirement compliance.
• Perform and guide structural, thermal, and tolerance analyses to validate design integrity and performance.
• Comfortable managing engineers while staying deeply hands-on.
• Develop and oversee the execution of verification and validation test campaigns for hardware, from component to system level.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including analysis, manufacturing, and electrical engineering, to deliver highly integrated and robust hardware solutions.
• Present design concepts, analysis results, and technical recommendations to program leadership and key stakeholders.

Skills

3D modeling

Mechanical design

Finite Element Analysis

GD&T

CREO

Leadership

Trade studies

Systems engineering

Aerospace engineering

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CREO

ANSYS

NASTRAN

Model Based Definition (MBD)

Finite Element Analysis tools

Job description

Blue Origin, based in Merritt Island, seeks a Senior Principal Spacecraft Design Engineer to own the end-to-end spacecraft design, including power, thermal, compute, and comms systems. You will perform hands-on CREO modeling and lead cross-functional integration to ensure robust hardware across the product lifecycle.

You will conduct trade studies, lead analyses and verification campaigns, and present results to leadership.