Avionics Mechanical Design and Analysis Engineer III

6 days ago


Merritt Island, Florida, United States Blue Origin Full time
About the Role

Blue Origin is seeking a highly skilled Avionics Mechanical Design and Analysis Engineer III to join our team in developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. As a key member of our In-Space Systems business unit, you will design, analyze, and test avionics enclosures for electronic components on various spacecraft.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and analyze avionics enclosures for electronic components on various spacecraft
  • Support electronics development and trade studies, and create interface definition, specification, and control documents
  • Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, or inspection, and plan and conduct tests, review and interpret data
  • Create assembly and/or installation drawings and support hardware builds
  • Design avionics enclosure solutions for high reliability in harsh environments, and participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission critical avionics
  • Work with the electrical engineering team to design rugged printed circuit board systems, and complete thermal and structural analyses of these designs
  • Create engineering drawings and manage the product configuration of the integrated designs through the product lifecycle, and create test plans and manage testing and qualification of the product
Requirements
  • Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electro-mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related technical subject area
  • 5+ years of experience with design of electro-mechanical avionics assemblies, static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis (level commensurate on experience)
  • Experience with Steinberg or Engelmeier Solder fatigue
  • Experience with FEA tools (ANSYS preferred)
  • Working knowledge of 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E preferred)
  • Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5)
  • Experience designing ruggedized electronics enclosures or similar high-performance hardware
  • Experience in electromechanical design of avionics enclosures, PCBA integration (ECAD/MCAD), trace sizing and manufacturing. EMI, thermal and structural protection of electronic components
  • Experience in bonding and grounding of electrical components and sealing and venting of enclosures
  • Experience in PCBA connector selection, interconnects, power and data isolation, contacts and soldering
  • Knowledge on avionics reliability mitigations
  • Thermal and Structural analysis of avionics enclosures and PCBA components
  • Ability to be self-directed and balance several tasks at one time
  • Ability to communicate analysis results effectively
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with recent versions of Creo, Windchill, ANSYS, ICEPAK, and Sherlock
  • Experience with fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics (hand calcs, NASGRO, VCCT, etc.)
  • Familiarity with aerospace industry standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Marks', Shigley, Steinberg, Roark's)
  • Familiarity with environmental testingsimilar to SMC-S-016, DO-160, and/or MIL-STD-810
  • Familiarity with circuit card design per IPC-A-610 and/or J standards
  • Familiarity with harness design per IPC-A-620


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