Sr Acoustics Engineer - New Glenn

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.  

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for design, analysis, development and testing of structural and acoustic subsystems for New Glenn’s Second Stage Payload Accommodations. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

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

Responsibilities:

• Research, develop, and implement acoustic treatment solutions for payload environments.
• Create process documents, material specifications, component specifications, and other documentation to aid and control the fabrication of acoustic treatments.
• Participate in the entire design cycle of structural and mechanical subsystems, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural and acoustic analysis, development testing and qualification.
• Generate 3-D models, component drawings, assembly drawings, and interface control documents.
• Analyze acoustic treatment solutions using ANSYS, WAVE6, Abaqus, LS/Dyna.
• Create documentation for assembly and testing of development and flight hardware.
• Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.
• Work closely with contamination engineers to ensure cleanliness level requirements are maintained throughout development, integration, and flight stages.
• Work closely with suppliers to ensure products are fabricated in accordance with requirements.
• Provide manufacturing and production support, including non-conformance resolution.
• Participate in the development and purchase of new equipment and tooling.
• Work with cross-functional teams that are responsible for selecting materials, manufacturing processes, and suppliers to produce world class aerospace hardware.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering with a minimum of 7 years direct experience
• Experience with automotive, aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Minimum of 4 years with acoustic treatments and noise reduction techniques.
• Expertise with analysis codes: ANSYS, WAVE6, Nastran, Abaqus, Optistruct, LS/Dyna.
• Material selection, compatibility and manufacturing techniques.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D CAD software.
• Familiar with GD&T 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to apply structural mechanics principles and development designs using hand calculations and finite element analysis.
• Experience with Creo (Pro/E) Wildfire 5 or greater, Windchill 10.
• Awareness of metallic and composite design and analysis considerations.
• Experience with rapid development techniques for hardware.
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices, manufacturing fabrication and assembly processes, and quality control.
• Experience with Optimization and DOE methods as applied to design, analysis, and testing.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team responsible for selecting materials, manufacturing processes, and developing the design to produce world-class engineered products.  
• Demonstrated experience developing manufacturing processes for transition to production.

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $129,611.00-$181,454.70;WA applicants is $140,959.00-$197,342.25

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