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Blue Origin · 20 hours ago

Structures Design Engineer III

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$121K/yr - $169K/yr

3+ years exp

Blue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Structures Design Engineer III role involves supporting the development and operations of the New Glenn launch vehicle by designing structures for various spaceflight systems.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead engineering scope to close including planning, design, structural analysis, 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

Work with multi-functional teams across multiple work sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringStructural AnalysisFinite Element Analysis3D CAD SoftwareProduct Data ManagementMaterial SelectionDesign for ManufacturabilityGD&TTeam CollaborationProblem Solving

Required

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, structures sizing and finite element analysis. This position is expected to perform both design and preliminary sizing of structures

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

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