BLUE ORIGIN

Senior Structural Design Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Space Coast • California • Colorado • United States

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Salary

💰 $133,500 - $203,263 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead a design team through hardware design cycles
  • Advise on design, analysis, qualification, testing, manufacturing, and integration activities
  • Drive solutions forward and resolve problems
  • Take ownership of hardware lifecycle from requirements definition to launch vehicle integration
  • Design, analyze, develop, and test structural components
  • Provide technical guidance and on-site support for manufacturing

Requirements

  • Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering
  • 10+ years of experience with spacecraft, launch vehicle, or aircraft structures
  • Experience on spacecraft, launch vehicles, or aircraft vehicles in load path distribution, separation systems, and material selection
  • Understanding of core DFX principles influencing structural development
  • Strong understanding of composite and metallic design fundamentals
  • Experience with Model Based Definition (MBD) engineering processes
  • Familiarity with CAD (Creo/Windchill preferred), hand calculations, and FEA (ANSYS preferred) tools
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
  • Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
hardware designstructural components designload path distributionseparation systemsmaterial selectionDFX principlescomposite designmetallic designModel Based Definition (MBD)Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Soft Skills
leadershipproblem-solvingtechnical guidancecommunication
Certifications
B.S. degree in engineering