Senior Structural Analyst — Lunar Vehicle FEM & Load Path

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a skilled Structural Analyst to perform detailed hand calculations and FEM analyses of secondary aerospace structures for design, production support, and certification. You will guide repair methods, disposition non-conformances, and provide engineering leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring robust, weight-optimized designs for spaceflight hardware.

The role requires a strong background in aerospace structural analysis, experience with nonconformance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• 5+ years in aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Experience with analyzing / dispositioning non-conformances.
• Complete hand calculations.

Responsibilities

• Detailed hand calc and FEM analysis of secondary aerospace structures for design and production support.
• Drive hardware discrepancies to resolution including dispositioning of manufacturing nonconformances.
• Documentation of stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents.
• Deep understanding of repair methods and analytical practices for both metallic structures.
• Ability to perform technical assessment of damage or out of tolerance conditions and provide guidance on repair or use.
• Providing technical guidance on design concepts (risk vs. cost vs. performance).
• Maintain and report on technical status.
• Prepare technical content and present to internal and external customers.
• Supporting cross organizational teams with input for production activities and configuration development.
• Analysis checks for designers and junior structural analysts in stress/stability/fracture analysis and best practices.
• Improving enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation.

Skills

Detailed hand calculations

Finite Element Analysis (FEM)

Structural analysis

Leadership

Education

B.S. in aerospace engineering

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a skilled Structural Analyst to perform detailed hand calculations and FEM analyses of secondary aerospace structures for design, production support, and certification. You will guide repair methods, disposition non-conformances, and provide engineering leadership across cross-functional teams, ensuring robust, weight-optimized designs for spaceflight hardware.

The role requires a strong background in aerospace structural analysis, experience with nonconformance