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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 part of a small, hardworking, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will lead the analysis, development, testing, and qualification of structural subsystems for New Glenn's second stage and payload accommodations. This is a hands-on position that involves all aspects of structural analysis throughout design, assembly, testing, and flight operations. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.
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!
Responsibilities include:- Take leadership of the full lifecycle of hardware from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration
- Analysis lead of primary and secondary metallic and composite unpressurized structures
- Complete hand calc and FEM analyses to report margins of safety for primary and secondary aerospace structures
- Documentation of stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents
- Perform research, develop concepts, and run trade studies providing technical guidance (risk vs. cost vs. performance)
- Build system and detail level models supporting structural design
- Take ownership of structural test planning, execution, data reduction, analysis, and authoring of test reports
- Prepare technical content and present to internal and external customers
- Collaborate with internal and external teams throughout design, manufacturing, and mission integration
- Improving enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation
- Coach, mentor and technically assist junior engineers and analysts
Minimum Qualifications:- Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 15+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures
- Experience on recently developed aircraft or launch vehicles in one or more of the following areas:
- Vehicle load path distribution, and first order strength assessment and sizing
- Skin-stringer, orthogrid, isogrid, and composite sandwich panel design
- Experience working in a multi-functional organization to develop designs and produce world-class engineered products
- Strong understanding of composite and metallic design fundamentals
- Demonstrated expertise with any industry standard analysis codes: Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, Hypermesh
- Experience in using and working on LS-Dyna
- Experience in bolted joint design and analysis
- Structural design experience using CAD (Creo/Windchill preferred) and FEA tools
- Ability to take ownership of the hardware lifecycle from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration onto a launch vehicle
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative attitude and effective interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn, take ownership, and drive projects to completion
Preferred Qualifications:
- Dynamic separation systems and interface design
- Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware
- Experience with fabrication using automated fiber placement (AFP) and tape laying (ATL)
- Experience or expertise with fabrication of large-scale out-of-autoclave composite structures
- Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes for transition to production
- Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication and integration processes, and quality control
- Experience with Optimization and Design of Experiments (DOE) methods as applied to design, analysis, and testing
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20
Other site ranges may differBenefits- 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.
