Senior Pumps Fluids Analyst – Lunar Permanence

BLUE ORIGIN

Senior Pumps Fluids Analyst at Blue Origin working on Lunar vehicle components. Performing fluid analyses and providing design recommendations for optimal pump designs.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeGreater Seattle Area • California, Colorado, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $81,313 - $113,837 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Performing fluids analysis on Lunar vehicle components (pumps)
Providing design recommendations to the Responsible Engineers for optimal pump design
Applying a range of analysis tools and methodologies to design and analyze primary flowpath performance
Generating and running secondary flow analysis models and providing design feedback
Providing test support to anchor analytical models and help with product development
Providing expert guidance on pump design and quantifying performance over various environments
Optimizing and co-developing pump designs for multiple factors
Technical leadership of a small team working on fluid analysis
Supporting complete life cycle of the pumps from definition to operation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

M.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field
5+ years of experience in thermal and/or fluids analysis and mechanical component design
5+ years of experience with classical hand calculations for thermal and/or fluids analysis
3+ years of experience with Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, workbench or other CFD analysis software
2+ years of experience with thermal desktop, FloCAD, or other thermal analysis software.
Experience with a wide variety of manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowable development
Desired: Experience analyzing cryogenic components
Experience with script automation in Ansys workbench
Experience working on human-rated space hardware
Experience working with NASA requirements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

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Hard Skills & Tools

fluids analysispump designthermal analysismechanical component designclassical hand calculationsCFD analysisscript automationmanufacturing methodsmaterial selectiontesting and characterization

Soft Skills

technical leadershipdesign recommendationsanalytical feedbackexpert guidance