Sr Structural Analyst – New Glenn Stage 2 & PA
| Company | Blue Origin |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Merritt Island, FL, USA |
| Salary | $140959 – $197342.25 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 8+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures
- 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.
- Experience on recently developed aircraft or launch vehicles in one or more of the following areas: Vehicle load path distribution, and first order strength assessment and sizing; Skin-stringer, orthogrid, isogrid, and composite sandwich panel design
- Experience working in a multi-functional organization to develop designs and produce world-class engineered products
- Strong understanding of composite and metallic design fundamentals
- Demonstrated expertise with any industry standard analysis codes: Ansys, Nastran, Optistruct, Hypermesh
- Experience in bolted joint design and analysis
- Structural design experience using CAD (Creo/Windchill preferred) and FEA tools
- Ability to take ownership of the hardware lifecycle from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration onto a launch vehicle
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative attitude and effective interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn, take ownership, and drive projects to completion
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
Responsibilities
- Take leadership of the full lifecycle of hardware from requirements definition through concept development, design, analysis, testing, qualification, and integration
- Analysis lead of primary and secondary metallic and composite unpressurized structures
- Complete hand calc and FEM analyses to report margins of safety for primary and secondary aerospace structures
- Documentation of stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents
- Perform research, develop concepts, and run trade studies providing technical guidance (risk vs. cost vs. performance)
- Build system and detail level models supporting structural design
- Take ownership of structural test planning, execution, data reduction, analysis, and authoring of test reports
- Prepare technical content and present to internal and external customers
- Collaborate with internal and external teams throughout design, manufacturing, and mission integration
- Improving enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation
- Coach, mentor and technically assist junior engineers and analysts
Preferred Qualifications
- Dynamic separation systems and interface design
- Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware
- Experience with fabrication using automated fiber placement (AFP) and tape laying (ATL)
- Experience or expertise with fabrication of large-scale out-of-autoclave composite structures
- Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes for transition to production
- Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication and integration processes, and quality control
- Experience with Optimization and Design of Experiments (DOE) methods as applied to design, analysis, and testing