Structural Engineer III

3 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Blue Origin Full time
About the Role

We're seeking a skilled Structural Design Engineer to join our team at Blue Origin. This role will support the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond.

As a Structural Design Engineer, you will be responsible for designing structures for various spaceflight systems. You will work closely with a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, engineers, and report to the Manager of Mechanical, Materials & Structural Engineering within the Stage 1 Tanks team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead engineering scope to close including planning, detailed design, engineering release, procurement, and test.
  • Ownership of the entire design cycle of 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.
Requirements
  • B.S. degree or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field.
  • 3-5+ 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 & product forms (e.g. sheet metal, machining, etc).
  • 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 (e.g. Windchill, TeamCenter, etc).
  • 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.
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.
What We Offer
  • 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.


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