Engineer II - New Shepard Ground Fluid Systems

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!  

New Shepard: This role is a part of New Shepard, 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.

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As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for continuous improvement initiatives, sustaining engineering, and design implementation of the New Shepard ground fluid systems. The ground fluid systems consist of propellant (LH2 & LOX) and pneumatic (GN2 & GHe) storage and transfer systems. These systems support launch day operations at the launch and landing pad as well as vehicle maintenance operations. As a team, we will pursue continuous improvement initiatives and generate the design solutions required to scale the reliability and operation of the ground fluid systems for increased launch cadence. You will find yourself within a workplace culture that emphasizes accountability, discipline, and attention to detail at all levels. You must have a passion for solving complex problems and providing operable solutions; act with minimal direction and on your own initiative; and be adaptable as you will work on a variety of applications and systems. We are looking for an individual that can help teams resolve and implement innovative solutions that will support maintenance, operations, and development.

We are looking for a hands-on, highly collaborative, and energetic individual that always welcomes a challenge. Are you are motivated to get the job done while maintaining the high standards required for safe human spaceflight? Do you have appreciation for collaborators, users, and process owners? Do you show grit in the face of large challenges, and can you prioritize work to also get the little stuff done? If this sounds like you, we look forward to hearing from you…

Van Horn Specific information

Being at the heart of Blue Origin operations, the West Texas Site in Van Horn, TX offers eligible employee’s additional attractive financial incentives to supplement their competitive base earnings, including a living allowance and relocation assistance.  Eligibility for these additional benefits is based on the employee’s ability to permanently relocate to Van Horn, TX, or travel to Van Horn from another Blue location a minimum of 50% of the time.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support fluid system design for ground system upgrades from inception through commissioning
• Support data reduction and analysis efforts to assess ground system performance
• Disposition anomalies and non-conforming hardware
• Generate maintenance requirements for fluid system components
• Identify and implement solutions to continuous improvement efforts
• Understand the ground fluids system safety products and configuration management
• Understand ground system maintenance and operations

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. in Engineering or Science
• Strong background in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics
• Sizing, selecting, and troubleshooting fluid system components and instrumentation.
• Knowledge of fabrication and integration processes, systems engineering, and quality control practices
• Strong technical and non-technical writing and verbal skills
• Desire to take ownership of projects
• Demonstrated track record of resourcefulness and success from previous assignments and working with interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with ASME BPVC Section Vlll
• Familiarity with ASME B31.3 Processing Piping
• Familiarity with the following software:
  • MATLAB
  • Jira
  • AutoCAD P&ID
  • Windchill
  • Winplot
  • AFT Steady State Fluid Modeling  
• Operating, troubleshooting, and writing software for data acquisition and control systems

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $89,820-$125,748

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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