Senior Structural Engineer – Spaceflight Structures

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,023 - 169,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in the Greater Seattle Area is seeking a Structural Engineer III to lead the design and analysis of spaceflight structures for New Glenn. You will own the complete design cycle from concept through release, coordinating with design, analysis, materials, and manufacturing teams across sites.

The role requires a strong background in mechanics of materials and FEA, experience with 3D CAD and PDM tools, and willingness to travel up to 20% to support fabrication in FL.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in mechanical, structural, or relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials, stress/strain, statics, and FEA.
• Experience with large primary or secondary structures.
• Experience with material selection, compatibility, and metallic manufacturing techniques.
• Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T and design for manufacturability.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
• Strong product data management (PDM) skills (e.g. Windchill, TeamCenter).
• Hands-on experience with hardware on the production floor and/or in service.
• Ability to travel 0%-20% to manufacturers/ suppliers (FL).

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering scope to close including planning, detailed design, engineering release, procurement, and test.
• Own the entire design cycle of structure components, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, FEA, build, development testing, and qualification.
• Develop, release, and maintain a full CAD and drawing engineering definition package.
• Support procurement activities to support vehicle build schedules.
• Support integrated test objectives, data review, and reporting.
• Perform or facilitate emergent analysis for non-conformances.
• Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.
• Work with multi-functional teams across multiple sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing.

Skills

Mechanics of materials

Finite element analysis

3D CAD design

PDM (Windchill/TeamCenter)

Design for manufacturability

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/structural engineering

Tools

Windchill

TeamCenter

FEA tools: Nastran/ANSYS

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in the Greater Seattle Area is seeking a Structural Engineer III to lead the design and analysis of spaceflight structures for New Glenn. You will own the complete design cycle from concept through release, coordinating with design, analysis, materials, and manufacturing teams across sites.

The role requires a strong background in mechanics of materials and FEA, experience with 3D CAD and PDM tools, and willingness to travel up to 20% to support fabrication in FL.