Docking Mechanisms Engineer III - 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 are developing 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, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

This individual will use their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and positively impact safe human spaceflight. 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 Permanence system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

This opportunity will report to the Docking Mechanisms Subsystem inside of the Lunar Permanence business unit. As part of a growing, hardworking, and curious team of design engineers, you'll be deployed to programs that shape the future of Blue Origin. Your skill in the design and analysis of spacecraft mechanisms as well as your ability to deliver safe, reliable, ready-to-install hardware that meets requirements, while doing so within the allocated cost and schedule requirements, will lead to a rewarding career with Blue Origin.

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!

• Design and develop safety critical mechanical components and systems for pressurized docking mechanisms.
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight hardware, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, development testing, and qualification. Generate component drawings, assembly drawings, and interface control documents with application of GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Create documentation for assembly and testing of development and flight hardware. Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis. Develop component specifications and manage suppliers.
• Leverage experience and engineering judgment to quickly design and produce non-flight, proof of concept hardware for fast-moving research and development projects.
• Participate in a small, agile team to create and adapt to frequently shifting priorities.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicles
• Strong mechanical design, integration, and mechanism analysis skills using 3D modeling and simulation tools (CREO preferred)
• Knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, integration, and qualification testing
• Proficient in technical writing, communicating sophisticated ideas clearly and concisely
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships

• Experience with spacecraft docking systems design, analysis, test, qualification, and production
• Familiarity with docking system standards, such as the International Docking System Standard (IDSS) and Gateway Docking System Standard (GDSS)
• Knowledge of aerospace mechanisms design practices & standards including applicable NASA specifications such as NASA-STD-5017
• Experience with GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.5) and performing tolerance stacks
• Fluency in mechanisms avionics interfaces and control logic
• Background including mechanical finite element analysis statics and dynamics
• Experience with thermal design of spacecraft structures & mechanisms

Compensation

Compensation Range for WA applicants is $-$. Other site ranges may differ.

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