MK2 Principal Structural Analyst - Lunar Permanence

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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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

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 Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

This position is part of the Crew Lander Mechanisms team. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

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 include but are not limited to:

• Establish standards for structural analysis products for flight hardware
• Provide mentorship and guidance in structural analysis methods and techniques
• Analysis of load path from conceptual to drawing release and hardware creation
• Integration of structural analysis with loads and dynamics environments 
• Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests 
• Strength checks and analysis report generation 
• Test and verification plan and report generation 
• Support configuration development and trade studies 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 10+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Demonstrated high judgement. Ability to generate innovative solutions and understand the balance between engineering judgment and analysis rigor and when each is appropriate.
• Demonstrated mastery of structural static/dynamic fundamentals 
• Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools) 
• Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicle, or automotive in some of the following areas:  
  • External loads 
  • Thermal loads
  • Analysis using Nastran, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna, or Optistruct 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Analysis of mechanisms hardware (housings, gears, lead/ball screws, bearings, bushings, etc)
• Analysis of metallic and/or composite structures (skin-stringer, fittings, sandwich panels, etc) 
• Manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowables development 
• Experience testing materials, joints, components, and vehicles 
• Experience with fracture/fatigue analysis
• Experience with ProEngineer Wildfire 4 / Creo Parametric or greater 
• Experience with Windchill PLM system
• Experience with Human spaceflight 
• Experience with composites 

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $155,939.00-$218,313.90;WA applicants is $164,682.00-$230,554.80

Other site ranges may differ

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