Spacecraft Materials & Processes Engineer, Satellite Payloads

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel: Up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a TeraWave Materials & Processes Engineer to establish and manage materials and process controls across spacecraft bus systems and RF/optical payloads. You will protect electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical performance from design through fleet sustainment.

You will lead M&P strategy, qualify materials for vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, and launch environments, and collaborate with designers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to enable high-rate, repeatable

Qualifications

• B.S. in materials science/engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in aerospace materials and processes or high-reliability hardware.
• Knowledge of metals/composites, joining, coatings, lubrication, contamination, corrosion, thermal-control materials, soldering, PCB/CCA fabrication, harnesses.
• Experience reviewing drawings/specifications, qualifying materials/processes, and dispositioning nonconformances.
• Ability to connect material/process choices to electrical, mechanical, thermal, radiation, reliability outcomes.
• Ability to work with designers, technicians, manufacturing engineers, quality, supply chain, and suppliers.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible status for U.S. work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the TeraWave Materials and Processes Plan across spacecraft bus systems and RF/optical payloads.
• Provide M&P technical authority for mechanical, thermal, RF, and optical hardware.
• Review drawings, specifications, source-control documents, and supplier plans for compliance.
• Select and qualify materials/processes for vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, thermal cycling, humidity, contamination, and launch environments.
• Establish prohibited materials controls and shelf-life considerations.
• Define requirements for soldering, crimping, bonding, welding, and other attachment methods.
• Partner with harness engineering and PCB/CCA teams on compatibility and workmanship.
• Investigate contamination, corrosion, and other material/process anomalies.

Skills

Materials & Processes

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability analysis

Design-for-manufacture

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in materials science/engineering

M.S./Ph.D. in materials science/related

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a TeraWave Materials & Processes Engineer to establish and manage materials and process controls across spacecraft bus systems and RF/optical payloads. You will protect electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical performance from design through fleet sustainment.

You will lead M&P strategy, qualify materials for vacuum, radiation, atomic oxygen, and launch environments, and collaborate with designers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to enable high-rate, repeatable