Tribology Engineer III: Bearings, Seals & Wear-Life

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Blue Origin in the Seattle area seeks a tribology-focused engineer to lead investigations into wear and lubrication challenges across development and production activities. You will apply standard engineering methods to design, analyze, and support artifacts through fabrication, testing, and operations, ensuring components meet performance requirements.

As part of the ACE team, you will help drive wear-life assessments, plan material screening, and collaborate with designers to optimize seals

Responsibilities

• Partner with component design engineers to optimize seals, bearings, and sliding mechanisms for performance and longevity.
• Assess and develop wear interfaces, including specifying surface finishes and coating solutions that meet mission requirements.
• Identify lubrication and wear-related risks and suggest effective mitigation strategies.
• Plan, recommend, and execute material screening and wear-life test campaigns to validate design choices and uncover damage modalities

Skills

Tribology

Wear testing

Materials science

Engineering analysis

Job description

Blue Origin in the Seattle area seeks a tribology-focused engineer to lead investigations into wear and lubrication challenges across development and production activities. You will apply standard engineering methods to design, analyze, and support artifacts through fabrication, testing, and operations, ensuring components meet performance requirements.

As part of the ACE team, you will help drive wear-life assessments, plan material screening, and collaborate with designers to optimize seals