Senior Fluids Systems Engineer - New Glenn

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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 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.

As part of a small, hard-working, and accomplished team of experts you will lead the design, develop, and test of fluid systems for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of fluid systems design, operation, and project management. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedication and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

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

Responsibilities:

• Engage in the entire design cycle of fluid subsystems including conceptual design, thermo-fluid modeling, structural layout and analysis, integration, test and mission support
• Collaborate with many internal team members to define requirements, dependencies, and schedule needs associated with delivering coordinated fluid systems
• Lead team-based identification, decomposition, and estimation of work scope for full lifecycle fluids hardware development
• Lead project schedule, resources, and cost – present status of effort, including risks, variances, and recovery plans to program management
• Integrate hardware schedules with program and vehicle schedules
• Work to continuously improve the team processes and manage team assignments to move quickly while meeting human space flight standards
• Continuously track all hardware technical performance measures to ensure the development team is meeting its defined performance goals
• Perform procurement, integration support, and discrepancy resolution
• Coordinate fluid component and subsystem level testing including test planning, test execution, data reduction, and analysis

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of B.S. degree in mechanical, or aerospace engineering and (7) seven years of proven experience in detail design / development of aerospace or equivalent-type fluid systems and project management through complete product life cycle
• Responsible Engineer designation to lead a system with multiple designers working under their direction
• Solid understanding of fluid components such as valves, regulators, and fittings
• Knowledge of fabrication, integration processes and quality control relative to tubes/piping and machined components
• Solid understanding of materials and treatments
• Experience leading at multi-person development project, managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, cost, and communications
• Experience and ability to work independently on rapid development programs
• Solid understanding of component design such as valves, actuators, mechanisms, bellows, tubes, latches and pressurized components, aerospace hardware
• Experience with pneumatic fluids systems and component design
• Working knowledge of fabrication, integration processes, and quality control techniques relative to tubes, machined components, and welded hardware
• Experience with stack-ups, linear and radial and types of fits
• Experience with static and multifaceted seals and spring seal design
• Experience with hydraulic fluid systems and component design
• Experience with pneumatic fluids systems and component design
• Working knowledge of aerospace materials and treatments

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven experience in the design of fluid systems and/or mechanisms
• Experience as responsible engineer guiding a team of engineers through entirety of Product Life Cycle on Multiple Complex Programs.
• Experience with launch vehicle or ground cryogenic and pressure systems and/or complex mechanisms including Umbilical Release Mechanisms.
• Supplier management standard methodologies involving sourcing components
• Experience testing pressurized systems including water, pneumatics, hyd