Senior Structural Analyst - Spaceflight Vehicles

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an experienced structural analyst to join a team developing the New Glenn vehicle. You will perform detailed hand calculations and FEM analyses on metallic and composite structures, support production and testing, and guide junior analysts.

The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and high-quality documentation within a spaceflight program. Requirements include a BS in aerospace or mechanical engineering with 8+ years in spacecraft/launch structures, familiarity with

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Complete hand calculations including free-body diagrams for load derivation.
• Knowledge of engineering materials and their applications for optimal structures.
• Experience with classical and aerospace analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, Blodgett, Mark’s Shigley).

Responsibilities

• Detailed hand calc and FEM analysis of primary and secondary aerospace structures for production support and sustainment initiatives.
• 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 for metallic and composite structures.
• Provide technical guidance on design concepts (risk vs. cost vs. performance).
• Maintain and report on technical status.
• Participate in subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.
• Prepare technical content and present to internal/external customers.
• Support cross-organizational teams with input for production activities.
• Analysis checks for designers and junior analysts in stress/stability/fracture analysis.
• Improve enterprise analysis capabilities with automation tools.

Skills

Hand calculations

FEM analysis

Stress analysis

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Scripting languages

Education

BS in aerospace or mechanical engineering

MS (preferred) in engineering

Tools

Ansys

Nastran

Optistruct

LS-Dyna

Hypermesh

Hypersizer

NASGRO

Abaqus

VBA

Matlab

Python

FORTRAN

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an experienced structural analyst to join a team developing the New Glenn vehicle. You will perform detailed hand calculations and FEM analyses on metallic and composite structures, support production and testing, and guide junior analysts.

The role emphasizes safety, reliability, and high-quality documentation within a spaceflight program. Requirements include a BS in aerospace or mechanical engineering with 8+ years in spacecraft/launch structures, familiarity with