Senior Structural Engineer - Spaceflight Structures

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Parental leave

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an experienced structural design engineer to own hardware from design through test for the New Glenn program. You will develop primary and secondary structures, perform analyses, create CAD models and interface control documents, and lead root-cause analyses to resolve issues.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and multi‑functional teams to meet performance, schedule, and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years related experience in structural design and analysis of automotive, aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software (Creo, CATIA V5, SolidWorks, AutoDesk or other industry standard software).
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance analysis (ASME Y14.5) proficiency.
• Structural design of metallic components and assemblies.
• Vehicle load path distribution, and first order strength assessment and sizing.
• Material selection, compatibility and manufacturing techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct structural analysis using hand-calculation and finite element techniques, using any industry standard software: Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, LS Dyna, Hypermesh, Hypersizer.

Responsibilities

• Design, analysis, development, and testing of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic piece parts, as well as integrated structural assemblies.
• Execute research, configuration development, and trade studies to meet performance, schedule, and cost targets.
• Create CAD models, detail part drawings, assemblies, installations, and interface control documents.
• Apply practical approaches to hardware fabrication and cost impacts.
• Create test plans, specifications, and other documentation for the development and production of flight hardware.
• Subsystem test planning, execution, data reduction and analysis, and test data review.
• Review technical work of team members to identify design improvements and ensure quality standards before release.
• Balance customer solutions with documented, repeatable processes.
• Proactively engage with manufacturing and have regular floor presence during critical build phases.
• Identify design or manufacturing issues immediately and lead root cause analyses for moderate‑scope NCs.
• Maintain visual project status indicators for team transparency.
• Work with multi‑functional teams responsible for materials, processes, and suppliers.
• Respond to customer‑driven schedules.
• Develop junior engineers into future technical leads through progressive delegation.

Skills

Creo

CATIA V5

SolidWorks

Autodesk

Finite Element Analysis

ASME Y14.5 GD&T

Structure design

3D CAD Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering

Tools

ANSYS

Nastran

Optistruct

LS-DYNA

Hypermesh

Hypersizer

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an experienced structural design engineer to own hardware from design through test for the New Glenn program. You will develop primary and secondary structures, perform analyses, create CAD models and interface control documents, and lead root-cause analyses to resolve issues.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and multi‑functional teams to meet performance, schedule, and cost targets.