Senior Tooling Design Engineer for Spaceflight Hardware

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Blue Origin on Merritt Island seeks an experienced mechanical tooling/fixtures engineer to advance tooling for the New Glenn launch vehicle. You will apply FEM analysis, CAD modeling, and DFA/DFM principles to deliver production-ready equipment and fixtures for manufacturing, assembly, and testing in a collaborative spaceflight environment.

The role emphasizes design-for-manufacturability, strict adherence to ASME Y14.5, and close coordination with flight design and manufacturing teams to ensure

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years’ experience with design, build, and commissioning of tooling, fixtures, or custom machines for manufacturing, assembly, and test.
• Experience with FEM and structural analysis plus hand calculations and Freebody diagrams.
• Proven CAD-based design experience for modeling and drafting.
• Strong design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) incl. translating development designs to production.
• Understanding of common manufacturing materials, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analyses.
• Experience with CNC machining, manual mills/lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, inspection.
• U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or eligible refugee/asylum status.

Responsibilities

• Design tooling and equipment for production and integration of the New Glenn Launch Vehicle.
• Visualize multiple design options and use advanced manufacturing to provide tooling solutions.
• Integrate mechanical design and analysis across projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Create drawings following ASME Y14.5 standards.
• Handle fixtures, material handlers, rotisseries, test fixtures, weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machines.
• Collaborate with flight designers, manufacturing engineers, and integration engineering to optimize cradle-to-grave metrics.
• Manage projects from vendor selection to installation, testing, and commissioning of tooling.
• Set and maintain project schedules and budgets; communicate progress and risks clearly.

Skills

Tooling design

FEM analysis

CAD modeling

DFM

DFA

GD&T

CNC machining

Legal work eligibility

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

Creo

Windchill

NX

Teamcenter

ANSYS Workbench

FEMAP

NASTRAN

Job description

Blue Origin on Merritt Island seeks an experienced mechanical tooling/fixtures engineer to advance tooling for the New Glenn launch vehicle. You will apply FEM analysis, CAD modeling, and DFA/DFM principles to deliver production-ready equipment and fixtures for manufacturing, assembly, and testing in a collaborative spaceflight environment.

The role emphasizes design-for-manufacturability, strict adherence to ASME Y14.5, and close coordination with flight design and manufacturing teams to ensure