Senior Tooling & GSE Design Engineer - Aerospace

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design tooling, fixtures, and Ground Support Equipment for lunar vehicle production. You will translate design requirements into effective tooling and processes across cross‑functional teams, with emphasis on manufacturability and rapid deployment.

You will support builds, perform producibility assessments, and develop engineering artifacts while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle of tooling and

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

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

3D CAD tools

GD&T

tolerance analysis

design for manufacturability

documentation control

production support

Education

B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Creo

CATIA

NX

Windchill

ANSYS/FEA

MBD environments

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design tooling, fixtures, and Ground Support Equipment for lunar vehicle production. You will translate design requirements into effective tooling and processes across cross‑functional teams, with emphasis on manufacturability and rapid deployment.

You will support builds, perform producibility assessments, and develop engineering artifacts while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle of tooling and