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Honeybee Robotics' Exploration Systems division is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to work with a multi-disciplinary team in product design, build, and testing of unique robotic systems. In this role you will be interfacing with inter-disciplinary project teams to develop mechanisms and structures for astrobiology and exploration missions to extreme environments across the solar system. This includes everything from sample acquisition systems for Saturn's moon Titan, to robotic lunar rovers. You will be responsible for hardware design, part selection, analysis, hands-on prototyping, and test planning and execution. In this role you'll interface with electrical design, test, systems, integration, and software engineering disciplines throughout the entire product lifecycle from R&D concept to flight ready hardware.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions:

• This is an onsite role at our Altadena, CA office
• Relocation assistance is provided

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the entire design cycle of spaceflight mechanisms, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, development testing and qualification
• Design and analyze mechanisms for first-of-their kind exploration missions to extreme environments throughout the solar system
• Generating technical documentation and vendor specifications for fabrication of custom parts
• Hands-on assembly and test including environmental testing, shock, vibration and thermal
• Participate in subsystem level development testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis
• Ownership to identify roadblocks to technical progress and mitigate/avoid them
• Review test data and recommend changes to products and/or processes
• Apply technical expertise to problem solving throughout product lifecycle, including design review support and verification planning and execution, scheduling, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of developing and testing complex hardware equipment through multiple stages of the product lifecycle
• Experience designing mechanisms that incorporate custom bearing, gear, motor, and sliding interface configurations
• Proficient with a variety of computer-aided design and analysis tools
• Passion for hands-on problem solving and hardware integration and test
• Ability to work independently on rapid development programs
• Experience designing mechanisms such as latches, actuators, linkages, hinges, disconnect devices, or similar kinematic assemblies
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of integrated system development across engineering disciplines
• Highly organized, safety and quality conscious, with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicles
• Experience with rover, robotic arm, sample acquisition drill, or deployable structure development.
• Experience with spring design, preload calculations, and fastener analysis
• Experience with gear life analysis, motor selection, and bearing selection
• Cross-functional experience across engineering disciplines including electrical, software, systems, or optics
• Familiarity with Autodesk Inventor (CAD) and ANSYS (analysis) softwares
• Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (ASME Y14.5) and performing tolerance stacks

Base Pay Range for:
CA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.