Materials & Processes Engineer - Senior; Additive Manufacturing

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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 Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems.

Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will be responsible for Materials & Processes tasks related to Metallic Additive Manufacturing for various spaceflight systems and Blue Origin as a company. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of technology roadmap and maturation, and process, machine and material development strategy. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

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:
*** Lead tactical and strategic efforts within a cross-functional Materials & Processes team to lead direction of Additive Manufacturing efforts and hardware within Blue Origin’s world class in-house facilities.
* Identify low maturity Additive Manufacturing technologies to improve technical performance or manufacturability of liquid rocket engines.
* Mentor and support a team of competent high performing AM M&P engineers.
* Develop Additive Manufacturing processes, parameters, requirements, and specifications for existing and novel metallic materials.
* Lead test campaigns designing, collecting and analyzing material properties data for in-house produced Additively Manufactured metallic materials and Engines hardware.
* Collaborate closely with design, manufacturing, quality, and integration engineers to implement requirements in all phases of AM coupled with robust production solutions and design for manufacture.
* Execute root cause and corrective actions efforts AM builds.
* Optimize and production harden AM processes to increase throughput and decrease variability.
* Contribute to the development of internal engineering and quality processes to standardize and accelerate material evaluation and implementation.
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* Qualifications:

*** 8+ years directly related Metallic Additive Manufacturing experience.
* Minimum Bachelors in material science/engineering or related field
* Principle investigator in process development and optimization of metallic Additive Manufacturing processes.
* Hands on experience measuring, analyzing, developing, characterizing Additive Manufacturing of nickel (e.g. Inconel), aluminum, and copper alloys.
* Proven experience managing technology development projects, measuring technical progress, resources, and managing budgets.
* Experience with powder metallurgy.
* Knowledge of applicability of characterization methods such as SEM, EDS, EBSD, PSD measurements, XRF, ICP, and OES.
* Proven experience developing and executing test plans for analysis and qualification of components or materials.
* Proven experience developing and executing…