Senior Spacecraft Stress & Structures Analyst

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 134,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

401(k) matching

Job summary

Blue Origin's Lunar Transportation team seeks an experienced structural analysis engineer to support the Human Landing System program, focusing on spacecraft structures, loads, and verification.

You will perform FE model development, analyses, tests, and optimization, collaborating with NASA and partners; requires 8+ years and a BS in engineering. The role offers a broad, high-impact environment with strong safety culture and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a 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 a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools)
• Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicle, or automotive in load/analysis domains: External loads, Vibro-acoustic analysis, Thermal loads, Analysis with Nastran/Ansys/Abaqus/LS-Dyna/Optistruct

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 analysis

Loads analysis

Finite element analysis

Physics-based problem solving

Dynamic analysis

Education

B.S. in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering

Tools

Nastran

Ansys

Abaqus

LS-Dyna

Optistruct

Creo Parametric

Job description

Blue Origin's Lunar Transportation team seeks an experienced structural analysis engineer to support the Human Landing System program, focusing on spacecraft structures, loads, and verification.

You will perform FE model development, analyses, tests, and optimization, collaborating with NASA and partners; requires 8+ years and a BS in engineering. The role offers a broad, high-impact environment with strong safety culture and competitive compensation.