Senior Tooling & GSE Design Engineer

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence team is hiring a tooling and GSE engineer to translate design requirements into tooling, fixtures, and production systems for lunar vehicle hardware. You will own tooling development across the full lifecycle, from definition to deployment, with a focus on manufacturability and rapid iteration.

The role demands strong CAD skills, DFX mindset, and collaboration with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure safe, efficient production and compliance with

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, tooling design, GSE design, production support, or hardware development, preferably in aerospace or another highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, releasing, and implementing tooling, assembly fixtures, handling equipment, test support equipment, or other complex GSE for mechanical assemblies.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools, engineering design fundamentals, GD&T, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturability/assembly, and configuration-controlled documentation.
• Extensive experience supporting production operations, including working with technicians, resolving nonconformances, improving processes, and ensuring compliance with engineering, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design tooling, fixtures, handling equipment, and Ground Support Equipment supporting efficient manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test of flight hardware, with an emphasis on modularity, usability, and rapid implementation.
• Work directly with cross-functional teams, including design engineering, manufacturing engineering, technicians, quality, and operations, to develop new or revised build processes, tooling concepts, and concepts of operations.
• Plan for and support builds of engineering demonstrators, test articles, and prototype hardware, providing hands-on support during fabrication, assembly, and testing to validate manufacturing approaches.
• Drive Design for Excellence (DFX) principles, conduct producibility assessments, support trade studies, and develop roadmaps to bridge manufacturing technology gaps.
• Proactively drive the definition, development, and refinement of tooling and GSE requirements to enable rapid design, fabrication, deployment, and iteration.
• Develop, release, and maintain engineering documentation, including CAD models, drawings, specifications, procedures, and other artifacts required to support tooling and production implementation.
• Support tooling fabrication, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient production of lunar vehicle hardware.

Skills

Tooling design

GSE design

3D CAD

DFX/produccibility

Cross-functional teams

Education

B.S. in Mechanical/Aerospace/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Creo

CATIA

NX

Windchill

Job description

Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence team is hiring a tooling and GSE engineer to translate design requirements into tooling, fixtures, and production systems for lunar vehicle hardware. You will own tooling development across the full lifecycle, from definition to deployment, with a focus on manufacturability and rapid iteration.

The role demands strong CAD skills, DFX mindset, and collaboration with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure safe, efficient production and compliance with