SLD Lunar Fluids & Thermal Systems Senior Analysis Engineer - PMD (Propellant Management Device)

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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. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. 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 hardworking team of diverse analysts, you will conduct thermal and fluids analysis to define the performance and operations for various spaceflight systems, define hardware requirement and resolve technical challenges. We are looking for thermal/fluids engineers of all skill levels as we expand our portfolio of space vehicles. You will take the ownership of fluid system analysis by conducting 1D-3D thermal/fluid analysis and contribute to our product life cycle process from early conceptual design through completion of the flight mission. Analysis team contributes to deriving component requirements and system sizing and analyze flight or ground process. You will be responsible for documentation and maintenance of analysis inputs, models, and presenting results to stakeholders.

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!

Qualifications:

• Minimum of BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, advanced degrees preferred

• Strong understanding of cryogenic fluids with relevant experience preferably in space industry

• Have experience in leading major technical trades like space vehicle architecture design, P&ID creation, major vehicle trade studies.

• Have experience in design and analysis of complex micro-gravity hardware like PMD (Propellant Management Devices) or LAD (Liquid Acquisition Devices)

• Expert in using Surface Evolver, creating geometries, and analyzing it

• Great knowledge of historical PMD/LAD devices

• Expertise in design and verification of the cryogenics hardware by Test, writing Test plans, and executing test and evaluation of the test data

• Be able to create multiphase cryogenics tools in MATLAB/Python

• Capable of mentoring and guiding other engineers in proactive and constructive ways

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion 

• Owns delivery of large-scale analysis solutions, and partners with engineers across the organization for shared objectives

• Responsible for impact on the success of team organizational objectives

• Serve as the technical mentor to other members, strong hands-on experience and be able to resolve analysis modeling challenges (e.g. divergence of a complex system model)

• Train and coach less experienced members on the team

• Guides the successful completion of major programs. Researches and leads adoption of new technologies.

• Delivers high-level, multi-system architecture analysis that define the direction for the team and partner organizations to solve complex problem sets.

• 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.

Desired:

• Expertise in thermal modeling tool SINDA/FLUINT or Thermal Desktop is preferred.

• Previous technical lead experience is a plus.

• Experience in Propulsion Budget development of space vehicle going through mission timeline is a plus

• Experience with modeling propulsion/cryogenic fluids management (storage, transfer, phase change,…)

• Experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

• Knowledge of other tools including MATLAB, Simulink, Amesim

• Successful candidates typically have 10 to 40+ years of relevant proven experience in design an analysis of aerospace thermal systems

• Advanced graduate degrees (Masters or PhD)

• Active/passive Thermal/Pressure Control System/component design