Senior Structural Engineer - Spaceflight Systems

Blue Origin

Florida

On-site

USD 121,023 - 169,432

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in Florida is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the design and release of stage-1 tank structures for New Glenn. You will own the full design cycle, perform trade studies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safe, reliable space hardware.

Requirements include a BS/BA in mechanical/structural engineering, 5+ years of engineering experience, and proficiency with 3D CAD and PDM tools. You may travel up to 20% to suppliers and manufacturing sites in Florida.

Qualifications

BS or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field.
5+ years in professional engineering.
Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials, stress/strain, statics, and finite element analysis.
Experience with large primary or secondary structures.
Material selection, compatibility, and metallic manufacturing techniques (sheet metal, machining).
Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T and design for manufacturability.
Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
Strong PDM skills (Windchill, TeamCenter).
Hands-on experience with hardware on the production floor and/or in service.
Ability to travel 0–20% to FL suppliers/manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering scope to close including planning, detailed design, engineering release, procurement, and test.
Ownership of the entire design cycle of structure components, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, 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 work sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing.