Mechanical Design Engineer III - 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!

• Applies engineering techniques to design, install, modify, analyze, and repair mechanical systems hardware.
• Role will have a strong emphasis on supporting design and integration activities.
• Specifically identifying available work and resolving roadblocks to facilitate integration tasks.
• Design, release, and support of engineering artifacts across the product life cycle to support hardware fabrication, assembly, verification, test and operations. Implements operating procedures, resolves system malfunctions, and provides technical information.
• Researches and analyzes customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
• Owns system components and modifies product design to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
• Investigates equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
• Provide technical support for mission readiness test activities.

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• 5+ years of recent experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or related mission critical equipment
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3D modeling tools
• Experience with GD&T (ASME Y14.5)
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Experience in design of mechanisms or components
• Knowledge of fabrication, integration processes, and quality control relative to machined components and mechanisms
• Confirmed understanding of materials and treatments
• Experience and ability to work independently on rapid development programs
• 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

• Experience in primary flight control actuator design
• Experience in aerospace deployable devices design such as doors and landing gear
• Experience in aerospace hydraulic system component design or system architecture design
• Experience in Creo (Pro-E)
• Experience in structural FEA using ANSYS, NASTRAN or similar tools
• Experience leading at least 1 multi-person development project, leading requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, cost, and communications

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