Mechanical Design Engineer II - Glenn

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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As a member of a dedicated, skilled team of experts, you will be in charge of designing, manufacturing, installing, testing, and operating mechanical hardware for New Glenn. Collaborating with analysts, materials engineers, procurement specialists, manufacturing teams, test teams, and vehicle operation teams, you will aim to deliver an optimized mechanical assembly for vehicle integration and operation.

This role will specifically support our Kent Fabrication engineering team, ensuring seamless assembly, integration, and operation of the rocket assemblies to meet our rigorous performance and safety standards.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• 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…