Senior Technical Designer - 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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Senior Technical Designer joins their design expertise with company, industry, and governmental standards to develop and maintain system and component designs. They own initial preparation and organisational change of engineering drawings, and they support related documents/data. They use CAD and PLM tools to manage data and serve as experts in use of those tools in our environment, supporting fellow technical designers and engineers. A Senior Technical Designer supports engineering system design and functional validation activities when vital.

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:

• Create CAD models and drawings of designs. Maintain design quality and data integrity through PLM system actions.
• Perform design and maintenance of umbilicals product definition by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs, and resolving design discrepancies.
• Apply company and industry design techniques to plan, lay-out, and maintain data depicting engineering designs – including detail, assembly and installation drawings or datasets.
• Support fabrication, installation, and commissioning of new or modified systems at any Blue Origin site, when necessary. Provide guidance on schedule and technical requirements to internal customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 7 years proven experience plus formal training in 3D computer design.
• Extensive experience with Creo and Windchill; expert user level at creating and maintaining bills of materials, mechanical product models/drawings, assembly models/drawings, and installation models/drawings.
• Experience with GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis on large-scale complex 3D aerospace products; familiar with ASME Y14.100 and ASME Y14.5.
• Knowledge of standard components, installation, and fabrication methods (eg, bolted joints, fits and clearances, sheet metal, machining, welding).
• Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion 

Preferred Experience:

• Aerospace design experience or design experience in a similarly regulated industry.
• Creo experience and/or user certification. Windchill experience and/or user certification.
• Prior use of mechanical mechanism (kinematic), sheet metal, and/or fluid system design software.
• Experience with a PLM or PDM configuration and change control database.

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles:  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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