Senior Structural Production & Sustaining Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a senior structural engineer to drive production readiness for the GS2 hardware, balancing performance, manufacturability, and reliability across multiple build sites.

You will lead cross-functional investigations, guide design-for-manufacture decisions, and own MRB dispositions for complex nonconformances, working with design, analysis, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure safe, producible spaceflight hardware.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering and 10+ years in aerospace structures.
• Extensive experience producing metallic aerospace structures on factory floors.
• Strong knowledge of structural design, FEA, load paths, and margins.
• MRB authority with experience in nonconformance dispositions, repairs, and rework.
• Proven collaboration with weld, machining, assembly, and NDE teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide structural configuration and design decisions balancing performance and producibility.
• Own and drive engineering change proposals from concept to implementation.
• Serve as technical authority for production support across build sites.
• Lead rapid response to production issues and drive corrective actions.
• Chair MRB for GS2 hardware and disposition complex nonconformances.
• Lead cross-functional investigations to resolve recurring defects.
• Develop and track production health metrics and improvement plans.
• Mentor engineers and set standards for documentation and communication.

Skills

MRB ownership and disposition

Design for manufacturability

Cross-functional leadership

CAD (Creo/Windchill)

FEA analysis (structural)

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

Creo/Windchill

Ansys/Nastran

CAD modeling

Job description

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a senior structural engineer to drive production readiness for the GS2 hardware, balancing performance, manufacturability, and reliability across multiple build sites.

You will lead cross-functional investigations, guide design-for-manufacture decisions, and own MRB dispositions for complex nonconformances, working with design, analysis, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure safe, producible spaceflight hardware.