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Principal Structural Design Engineer – New Glenn
| Company | Blue Origin |
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| Location | Seattle, WA, USA |
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| Salary | $164682 – $230554.8 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 10+ 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)
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- 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
- 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.
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.
