Passive Thermal Control System Engineer III – Lunar Permanence
| Company | Blue Origin |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Merritt Island, FL, USA, Denver, CO, USA |
| Salary | $107707 – $164497.2 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or another technical field.
- 5+ years of relevant Thermal Hardware Engineering experience
- Solid understanding of heat transfer fundamentals in space environment
- Familiarity with common spacecraft thermal hardware
- Experience leading small teams and while coordinating with various other spacecraft divisions
- Experience with CAD software; preferably Creo
- Familiarity of structural design fundamentals related to passive thermal hardware
- Familiarity of aerospace hardware verification and validation process
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Responsibilities
- Maintain ownership of the Cryogenic Multi-Layered Insulation from conception, through internal or external development, testing, and integration with the vehicle
- Generate and own component specifications, test plan/execution/reports, occasional thermal analysis, short/long term development plans, and make/buy decisions
- Understand and incorporate subsystem specifications, mission environments, and design and construction standards
- Provide technical leadership to the team through the vehicle life cycle from definition, interfaces, conceptual design, detailed design, component development, assembly, verification, and operation
- Provide technical input to thermal specifications and requirements (at subsystem and component-levels)
- Provide technical input to Thermal interfaces, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and models (in collaboration with adjacent IPTs)
- Mentor early-career Thermal Systems Engineers on the Lunar Program
- Standardize Thermal Hardware Engineering approaches
- Support the verification and validation of Thermal requirements, in collaboration with the Thermal test and systems engineers
- Support and present at major gated reviews including design reviews, readiness reviews, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
- 8+ years of relevant aerospace experience
- Solid understanding of passive thermal hardware such as Multi-layer insulation (MLI), Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), coatings, and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters
- Demonstrated experience assembling and testing hardware (components and/or assemblies)
- Vendor technical management experience
- Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
- Experience working on a verification program for a complex spaceflight or aviation system.
- Experience maturing a design from requirements definition through hardware delivery
- Experience with requirements and V&V tracking tools, preferably using JAMA.
- Experience with NASA design and certifications standards for human spaceflight.
- Experience with NASA lunar, deep space, or planetary missions.