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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
This role supports 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. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.
As a member of a dedicated, skilled team of experts, you will be in charge of designing, manufacturing, installing, testing, and operating mechanical hardware for New Glenn. Collaborating with analysts, materials engineers, procurement specialists, manufacturing teams, test teams, and vehicle operation teams, you will aim to deliver an optimized mechanical assembly for vehicle integration and operation.
This role will specifically support our Kent Fabricationengineering team, ensuring seamless assembly, integration, and operation of the rocket assemblies to meet our rigorous performance and safety standards.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities:
- Applies engineering techniques to design, install, modify, analyze, and repair mechanical systems hardware.
- Role will have a strong emphasis on supporting design and integration activities.
- Specifically identifying available work and resolving roadblocks to facilitate integration tasks.
- Design, release, and support of engineering artifacts across the product life cycle to support hardware fabrication, assembly, verification, test and operations. Implements operating procedures, resolves system malfunctions, and provides technical information.
- Researches and analyzes customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
- Owns system components and modifies product design to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
- Investigates equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
- Provide technical support for mission readiness test activities.
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- 5+ years of recent experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or related mission critical equipment
- Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D modeling tools
- Experience with GD&T (ASME Y14.5)
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Experience in design of mechanisms or components
- Knowledge of fabrication, integration processes, and quality control relative to machined components and mechanisms
- Confirmed understanding of materials and treatments
- Experience and ability to work independently on rapid development programs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in primary flight control actuator design
- Experience in aerospace deployable devices design such as doors and landing gear
- Experience in aerospace hydraulic system component design or system architecture design
- Experience in Creo (Pro-E)
- Experience in structural FEA using ANSYS, NASTRAN or similar tools
- Experience leading at least 1 multi-person development project, leading requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, cost, and communications
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35
Other site ranges may differ
Culture Statement
Dont 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 youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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 companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results, or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
