Mechanical Engineer Ii

Description:

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is a part of New Shepard, a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse engineers, you will participate in cutting-edge parachute technology for the New Shepard human rated space vehicle. This hands-on position involves you in all aspects of design, analysis, build, test, flight operations, and maintenance. In this role, you will provide a wide range of experience for decelerator systems. You will participate in requirements derivation, conceptual and detailed design, system performance modeling, and structural analysis. You will participate in development and qualification testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis. You will generate component and assembly drawings and documentation for assembly and testing. Additionally, you will help identify design changes to improve system reliability and reduce operational costs.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Minimum Qualifications
 

• B.S. degree in engineering and 3+ years of experience in aerospace and/or decelerator industry.
• Proven experience in aerospace or related industry in one or more of the following areas:
• Design and operation of integrated decelerator systems
• Design use of textiles or flexible structure materials
• Design use of common aerospace metallic materials and surface treatments
• Proficiency in 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E preferred)
• Experience with configuration management, nonconforming material review and disposition of discrepant hardware
• Proven experience in structural FEA using ANSYS, NASTRAN or similar tools
• Excellent digital literacy with the ability to rapidly learn and use a variety of software tools as needed.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Strong coordination and project management skills, in order to track, manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks.