TPS Materials & Processes Engineer – Spaceflight

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401(k) company match

Education assistance

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Thermal Protection System Materials and Process Engineer to support the development and operations of New Glenn. You will refine TPS materials and processes, assist fabrication, integration, and refurbishment, and work with design, thermal, quality, and manufacturing teams to enable safe, repeatable spaceflight.

Our team values safety, collaboration, and inclusion as we push toward lower-cost access to space.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in high temperature materials development and testing.
• Familiarity with TPS materials state-of-the-art, esp. flexible insulation blankets.
• Experience with production activities, non-conformance, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and engineering analysis.

Responsibilities

• Supports TPS activities, including materials and process development related to fabrication, integration, and refurbishment.
• Design and document studies related to new material or process improvement to generate a critical database.
• Maintains a broad overview of design interfaces and integration sequences to minimize interference and ensure smooth transitions.
• Works with design, thermal, quality, and manufacturing teams to evaluate risks associated with non-conformances.
• Maintain, monitor and interpret documents such as engineering drawings, process specifications and standard work procedures.
• Travel expected up to 30% of the time

Skills

High-temp materials

Materials testing

Non-conformance analysis

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Engineering analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Tools

Creo

Windchill

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Thermal Protection System Materials and Process Engineer to support the development and operations of New Glenn. You will refine TPS materials and processes, assist fabrication, integration, and refurbishment, and work with design, thermal, quality, and manufacturing teams to enable safe, repeatable spaceflight.

Our team values safety, collaboration, and inclusion as we push toward lower-cost access to space.