Senior Spacecraft Stress Engineer (Lunar Systems)

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Florida seeks a senior structural engineer to analyze and validate spacecraft structures for the Lunar Transportation program. You will develop FE models, perform load-path analyses, and generate reports to support safe human spaceflight.

Ideal candidates have a B.S. in engineering and 8+ years in aerospace structural analysis using Nastran/Ansys, with experience in external loads, vibro-acoustic analyses, and composite/metallic structures. On-site position.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Solid foundation of structural static/dynamic fundamentals.
• Passion for spacecraft structural/environmental loads development/validation.
• Ability to solve static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods.
• Experience with loads, vibro-acoustic, and thermal analyses; tools listed above.

Responsibilities

• Analysis of load path from conceptual to drawing release and hardware creation.
• Analysis of primary and secondary spacecraft structures.
• Integration of structural analysis with loads and dynamics environments.
• Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests.
• Strength checks and analysis report generation.
• Test and verification plan and report generation.
• Support configuration development and trade studies.

Skills

Structural fundamentals

Physics-based analysis

Loads development

Static/dynamic analysis

Spacecraft structural design

Education

B.S. in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering

Tools

Nastran

Ansys

Abaqus

LS-Dyna

Optistruct

Creo Parametric

Job description

Blue Origin in Florida seeks a senior structural engineer to analyze and validate spacecraft structures for the Lunar Transportation program. You will develop FE models, perform load-path analyses, and generate reports to support safe human spaceflight.

Ideal candidates have a B.S. in engineering and 8+ years in aerospace structural analysis using Nastran/Ansys, with experience in external loads, vibro-acoustic analyses, and composite/metallic structures. On-site position.