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 part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Facilities, and Security. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.
As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers, you will be responsible for designing, analyzing and releasing a wide range of ground support equipment (GSE) and tooling. Working directly with the Engines Team and their supporting groups, you will be tasked with solving daring manufacturing and handling challenges over a wide variety of hardware. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of the production line and ensure the successful delivery of development and flight hardware. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact the development of rocket engines and safe human spaceflight.
Special Mentions
Relocation provided
Travel many be required less than 5% of the time
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Develop high quality production, development, test stand integration and manufacturing tooling for Blue Engines
Capable of integrating concepts and principles of mechanical design and analysis of several different projects in a fast-paced environment -- projects will vary in size and scale
Ability to interpret and apply sound design and drafting standards (ASME Y14.5) when creating tooling drawings
Handle a wide range of technical design challenges related to all types of assembly fixtures, material handling, off-loaders, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machines
Close collaboration with component designers, manufacturing engineers, and integration engineering to achieve the best possible cradle to grave metrics (safety, cost, quality, cycle time, delivery, reliability, life, and maintenance/refurbishment)
Lead and run projects including vendor selection, fabrication, inspection, equipment installation, proof testing and commissioning of tooling
Set, implement, and maintain schedules and budgets to ensure project completion
Facilitate effective and collaborative communication by fostering creativity and using team member strengths
The ability to work in a team environment is a must. All designs are the collective effort of the team
Minimum Qualifications
A successful candidate will typically have a B.S. degree in any Engineering subject area from an accredited institution
5+ years of work or project experience with design, build, and commissioning of tooling and fixtures for manufacturing, assembly, and test
In addition; or as an alternate to practical experience, 2 + years of collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience (Formula SAE, Rocket Team, EcoCar, Hyperloop, etc.)
Experience using CAD and FEA-based analysis software (Creo and ANSYS Workbench preferred) for structural applications
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our 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
Preferred Qualifications
3+ year of experience designing/modeling/drafting/fabricating tooling/ground support equipment and or structural components/sub-assemblies
Strong expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly including experience taking products from development design to rate production
Validated understanding of common manufactur