Technician: Space Hydraulics & Pneumatics – Integration

blueorigin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a hands-on engineer to join the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) team in Seattle, WA. The role centers on assembling test setups, evaluating valves and sensors, and solving complex mechanical challenges.

You will work with schematics, P&IDs, and test procedures, perform component-level testing up to 10,000 psi, and contribute to safe, repeatable testing workflows in a culture of safety and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in related field.
• Development Lab and Production Lab experience.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing work instructions.
• Strong written and computer skills.
• U.S. citizenship, permanent resident alien status, or otherwise able to review all export-controlled technical information.

Responsibilities

• Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and some electronic understanding
• Familiarity with schematics, P&ID’s, and drawings
• Ability to modify, assemble, and complete a test setup for testing various test articles
• Rebuild of valves, regulators and components
• Component level testing
• Good troubleshooting skills
• Stainless steel tube bending, flaring, and swaging
• Working with pressures up to 10,000 psi
• Understand various types of fittings
• Understand various types of fasteners
• Use of shop tools, equipment, and machinery
• Familiar with Acceptance Test Procedures, Factory Acceptance Testing, Customer Acceptance Testing
• Experience using and troubleshooting various sensors, pressure transducers, load cells. LVDT’s, thermocouples, power supplies, flowmeters, pressure gauges, servos, servo drivers, electrical circuits, ESD, data analysis, etc.

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a hands-on engineer to join the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) team in Seattle, WA. The role centers on assembling test setups, evaluating valves and sensors, and solving complex mechanical challenges.

You will work with schematics, P&IDs, and test procedures, perform component-level testing up to 10,000 psi, and contribute to safe, repeatable testing workflows in a culture of safety and inclusion.