Spacecraft Stress Analyst: Dynamic Loads & FEA Expert

Blue Origin LLC; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Education Support Program

Stock options

PTO

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Stress Analyst to join our Lunar Permanence team, developing the next generation of Lunar cargo delivery vehicles. You will apply physics-based methods to predict static and dynamic structural loads and support verification against test data.

Responsibilities include FE model development in Femap/NASTRAN, simulation of launch, ascent, and landing events, and collaboration with design engineers to ensure safe, reliable hardware within cost and schedule constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in predicting/validating structural dynamics and loads.
• Solid fundamentals in static/dynamic structural mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Solve static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based methods.
• Develop, refine, and correlate Finite Element Models to tests.
• Model and simulate launch, in-space burns, and landing events.
• Support configuration development and trade studies.

Skills

Structural dynamics

FEA analysis

Physics-based methods

Problem solving

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace or civil engineering

Tools

Femap

NASTRAN

Matlab

Hyperworks

LS-Dyna

Adams

Wave6

SEA

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Stress Analyst to join our Lunar Permanence team, developing the next generation of Lunar cargo delivery vehicles. You will apply physics-based methods to predict static and dynamic structural loads and support verification against test data.

Responsibilities include FE model development in Femap/NASTRAN, simulation of launch, ascent, and landing events, and collaboration with design engineers to ensure safe, reliable hardware within cost and schedule constraints.