Senior Structural Analyst - New Shepard

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

This role is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is 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, you will oversee and perform structural analysis for various structures and systems on the New Shepard reusable launch vehicle. You will take ownership of the structural analysis and verification activities for vehicle design changes to improve vehicle safety, reliability, performance, and reduce operational cost. You will also support the disposition and repair development for manufacturing non-conformance and service damage. As a Sr. Analyst, you will coach, mentor, and technically assist other team members.

 

Responsibilities include:

• Support the analysis, development, and testing of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic piece parts, as well as integrated structural assemblies.

• Detailed hand calc and FEM analysis of primary and secondary aerospace structures

• Documentation of stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents

• Coach, mentor and technically assist junior engineers.

• Support configuration development and trade studies

• Analysis checks for designers and junior structural analysts in stress/stability/fracture analysis and best practices

• Work with vertically-integrated teams that are responsible for materials, manufacturing processes, to produce world-class aerospace hardware

• Maintaining and reporting on activity schedule, budget and technical status.

• Identify opportunities for safety improvements and operational cost savings.

 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree or higher in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience within the fields of aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures or systems analysis

• Demonstrated excellence in the following areas:

  • Static analysis of composite and metallic structures

  • Analysis of stability critical structures

  • Damage tolerance assessment of composite and metallic structures

  • Vehicle level finite element model pre- and post-processing as well as model verification and validation

• Demonstrated proficiency with one or more of the following analysis codes, particularly with reading and manipulating input files: Optistruct ANSYS

• Demonstrated expertise is use of Altair Hyperworks products

• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across a team, earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships

 

Desired:

• Knowledge of aerospace and/or launch vehicle structural requirements

• Familiarity with composite failure modes and standard test methods (in-plane, interlaminar, shear, fracture, etc.)

• Experience with analysis of Mechanical Systems

• Experience with analysis of Hydraulic/Pneumatic Systems

• Loads development experience

• Experience with Creo (ProEngineer Wildfire 4 or greater)

 

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $140,959.00 - $197,342.25

Other site ranges may differ