Senior Structural Engineer

4 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Blue Origin Full time

Role Summary

Blue Origin is seeking a skilled Senior Structural Engineer to join our team in developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles. As a key member of our design team, you will be responsible for designing structures for various spaceflight systems, including the Stage 1 Tank.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the engineering scope to close, including planning, detailed design, engineering release, procurement, and test.
  • Own the entire design cycle of primary structure components, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, build, development testing, and qualification.
  • Develop, release, and maintain a full CAD and drawing engineering definition package.
  • Support procurement activities to support vehicle build schedules.
  • Support integrated test objectives, data review, and reporting.
  • Perform or facilitate emergent analysis for non-conformances.
  • Participate in subsystem level testing, including planning, execution, data reduction, and analysis.
  • Work with multi-functional teams across multiple work sites, including design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing.

Requirements

  • B.S. degree or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field.
  • 5-10+ years in professional engineering experience.
  • Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials, stress/strain, statics, and finite element analysis.
  • Experience with large primary or secondary structures.
  • Experience with material selection, compatibility, and metallic manufacturing techniques and product forms.
  • Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T, and design for manufacturability.
  • Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
  • Strong product data management (PDM) skills.
  • Hands-on experience with hardware 'on the production floor' and/or 'in service'.
  • Ability to travel 0%-20% of the year to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing as needed.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our 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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to work independently driving engineering from conceptual to released engineering and flight hardware.
  • Experience designing for manufacturability and value engineering, with focus on cost reduction and build time hour optimization.
  • Experience with FEA analysis codes: Nastran, ANSYS, Optistruct, LS/Dyna.
  • Familiarity with buckling, fatigue, and/or fracture failure modes.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Project or another equivalent schedule software.
  • Familiarity with budget management.
  • Experience in risk management and consolidation of technical data for presentation to senior leadership.

Compensation Range

WA applicants is $136,467.00-$191,053.80

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Blue Origin is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force.



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