Turbomachinery Propulsion Engineer II — Aerospace

Blue Origin; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 25% of the time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Propulsion Engineer to own hardware and subassemblies through design, performance metrics, analysis, manufacture, and production deliveries. You will collaborate with branch leads to ensure turbomachinery designs meet system performance and operability requirements.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and a commitment to quality for safe human spaceflight, with up to 25% travel and relocation support available.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with emphasis on turbomachinery, fluid mechanics or thermodynamics.
• 2+ years in turbomachinery design and analysis for aerospace propulsion systems (turbopumps, gas turbines, or power turbines).
• Ability to perform or evaluate analysis in meanline aerodynamic design, CFD, secondary flow and seal modeling, structural analysis (static and fatigue), dynamic loading and forced response (Campbell diagrams, modal analysis), and rotordynamics.
• Understanding of margins required for safe turbomachinery designs in each discipline.
• Knowledge of how turbomachinery performance propagates to system-level behavior.
• Experience with ANSYS or equivalent and scripting for analysis automation (Python preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze turbomachinery components and subsystems across hydrodynamics, static hardware, seals, and thermal management.
• Define margins for safe turbomachinery designs and verify with analyses.
• Advance analysis tools, methods, and automation.
• Mentor engineers in turbomachinery fundamentals and design standards.
• Support hardware build, assembly, acceptance testing, and anomaly disposition.
• Develop and maintain design requirements and contribute to SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR artifacts.

Skills

Turbomachinery design

CFD analysis

Meanline design

Python scripting

Rotordynamics

Education

B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (turbomachinery focus)

Tools

ANSYS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Propulsion Engineer to own hardware and subassemblies through design, performance metrics, analysis, manufacture, and production deliveries. You will collaborate with branch leads to ensure turbomachinery designs meet system performance and operability requirements.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and a commitment to quality for safe human spaceflight, with up to 25% travel and relocation support available.