Drafter CAD III - New Glenn

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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! 

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will design models, drawings, and configurations of launch vehicle hardware with a focus on propellant management & tunnel systems including secondary structures. You will share in the team’s impact on the design of the Stage 1 Tank and subsystems. You will report to the Manager of Mechanical, Materials & Structural Engineering within the Stage 1 Tanks team.

• Maintain and revise released drawings based on engineering change requests from within Blue Origin and outside Suppliers.
• Balance tasks across different products within the Stage 1 Tanks
• Maintain high level Stage 1 Tank assembly including exporting data, fulfilling product structure requests and automating tasks with scripts.
• Design and maintain product definition by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs and resolving design discrepancies
• Apply relevant company, industry (design, drafting, parts) techniques to plan, lay-out, and maintain data depicting engineering designs (detail, assembly and installation drawings or datasets)
• Implement engineering and manufacturing standards to achieve a balanced approach to cost, schedule and performance requirements
• Support existing standards for product structure organization and naming
• Self-prioritize and self-schedule work activity in support of the team
• Assist in the development and deployment of reasonable standards for drafting. Act as a drafting standards checker for the team.
• Work with engineering design and analysis teams to disposition or mitigate emergent issues
• 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!

• Minimum of an A.S. degree, or equivalent years of experience
• 5+ years of recent experience designing/drafting aerospace, automotive or equivalent industry structure’s parts, components, or subsystems
• Hands on experience with hardware “on the production floor” and/or “in service”
• Experience with Creo (Pro/Engineer) and Windchill; equivalent software will be considered if all other required qualifications are met
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software
• Experience managing large CAD assemblies and associated drawings
• Experience in standard fits, tolerance stacks, and GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, Y14.41)
• Experience with a PDM (Product Data Management) version control database
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing as needed.

• Designing for manufacturing and assembly
• Launch vehicle, spacecraft and/or cryogenic structures experience
• Experience leading peer reviews, mentoring, and driving standard work within CAD and PLM processes

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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.