Thermal Mechanical Engineer III - Lunar Permanence

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re 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! 

In this position, you will work directly with NASA as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role as a Thermal Mechanical Engineer developing the systems that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth! 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!

• Build 3D models, detail part drawings, assemblies, installations, and interface control documents.
• Coordinate with other subsystem teams on the design of structural interfaces
• Provide on-site manufacturing and production support, including travel when needed.
• Support 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.
• Plan, coordinate, conduct tests, and review test data.
• Participate in the development and purchase of new equipment and tooling.
• 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 of a B.S. degree in engineering and 7+ years of related experience.
• Experience on launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft or similar in one or more of the following areas:
  • Flexible / soft good insulation for cryogenic through high temperature applications
  • Heater size and power optimization
  • Knowledge of passive thermal materials and coatings
• Strong mechanical design skills using Creo.
• Strong skills with both authoring and interpreting Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance analysis (ASME Y14.5).
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process.

• M.S. degree in engineering and 10+ years of related experience.

• Strong communication skills, with an ability to quickly build consensus among stakeholders.
• Demonstrated expertise with any industry standard analysis codes: Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, LS Dyna, Hypermesh, Hypersizer.
• Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware
• Performing trades with vehicle level and subsystem design teams to better enable fabrication and integration of component parts.
• Demonstrated composites integration, analysis, and manufacturing knowledge.
• Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes for production.
• Proven experience with designing for manufacturability.
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication and integration processes, and quality control.
• Experience with a variety of hardware manufacturing practices including drilling, shimming, fastening, composites fabrication, fluids integration, avionics integration, instrumentation, non-destructive testing.

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