Senior Structural Engineer New Glenn

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were working to develop reusable safe and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety collaboration and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

As part of a small hardworking passionate and accomplished team of experts you will be responsible for the design analysis development testing and qualification of tanks for New Glenn Stage 1 (GS1). Employees will work with the Director of the Stage 1 Tanks team.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise leadership skills and dedication to quality to build the road to space. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Structural design and configuration of launch vehicle pressurized and unpressurized structures including interfaces.

• Perform detailed design analysis development and testing of primary and secondary structures.

• Perform research develop concepts and run trade studies with emphasis in manufacturability and cost reduction.

• Build 3D models detail part drawings assemblies installations and interface control documents.

• Build test plans specifications and other documentation for the development of flight hardware

• Provide technical mentorship for integration

• Ability to travel 0%-20% of the year to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing as needed.

• Lead configuration development and trade studies.

• Participate in subsystem test planning execution data reduction and analysis.

• Work with multi-functional teams that are responsible for selecting materials manufacturing processes and suppliers to produce world class aerospace hardware

• Develop component specifications and support supply chain in selecting suppliers.

• Plan coordinate conduct tests and review test data.

• Maintain and report on activity schedule budget and technical status.

• Coach mentor and technically assist junior engineers

• Find opportunities for improvements and operational cost savings

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 8 years of related experience

• Experience on launch vehicles aircraft or similar. Hands on experience with hardware on the production floor and/or in service

• Design of minimal-mass structure especially with aim to reduce cost and manufacturing time.

• Material development and structural testing

• Experience with composite structures and adhesive bonds

• Strong understanding of structural design and analysis principles for composites and metals.

• Strong mechanical design skills using Creo and CATIA V5.

• Ability to conduct structural analysis using classical hand-calculation and finite element techniques

• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance analysis (ASME Y14.5)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing for manufacturability and value engineering with focus on cost reduction and build time hour optimization.

• Experience designing hot and cryo structures

• Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware.

• Demonstrated expertise with any industry standard analysis codes: Ansys Nastran Optistruct LS Dyna Hypermesh Hypersizer

• Familiarity with buckling fatigue and/or fracture failure modes

• Experience or expertise with fabrication of large-scale composite structures

• Knowledge of systems engineering practices fabrication and integration processes and quality control

• Experience with Optimization and DOE methods as applied to design analysis and testing

• Experience working in a multi-functional team responsible for selecting materials manufacturing processes and developing the design to produce world-class engineered products

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• 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.

• 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.

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