Engineer - Mechanical III - Structural Analysis

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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!  

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers you will lead structural verification for lightweight, deployable space hardware, helping turn requirements into robust architectures with clear margins. You will drive analysis and test correlation across relevant environments, folding material behavior, joints, tolerances, and durability into credible models and qualification plans. You will document decisions, disposition changes, and partner across disciplines and Manufacturing to ensure producibility, safe handling, and traceable flight readiness.

Special Mentions:

• Relocation provided

• Travel expected up to 25% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform structural analysis for deployable mechanisms across concept, design, test, and flight certification: static, modal, random/sine vibration, shock, acoustic; establish margins
• Build, validate, and maintain finite element models including contact, geometric nonlinearity, buckling, fatigue, fracture risk, transient deployment dynamics, etc.
• Develop loads and environments (acoustic, random vibe, shock, etc.); derive requirements and margins; author structural verification plans
• Develop load paths and stiffness requirements for panels, frames, harness routing, and mechanisms; drive mass optimization while meeting stiffness/frequency/life/reliability requirements.
• Analyze Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer/Plastic/metallic hybrid structures; material allowables, joints/adhesives, fastener design
• Execute dynamic analysis for deployment events; flexible-body multibody dynamics, hinge friction/stiction, latching shock, damping, and tip-off/energy management
• Perform tolerance stack and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing assessments impacting structural performance and deployment
• Support qualification test planning and execution; define test levels, fixtures, instrumentation, and correlation strategy
• Reduce and correlate test data to models; update allowables and model fidelity
• Provide inputs to thermal‑structural coupling and deployment dynamics teams
• Author analysis reports for program reviews; sign off drawings and change requests
• Collaborate with Manufacturing on DFM constraints, handling loads, and tooling stiffness
• Mentor junior engineers; perform peer reviews; provide best practice guidance
• Work effectively in a scrappy cross-disciplinary R&D environment with a geographically distributed team

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in ME/Aero (or equivalent)
• 5–8+ years structural analysis for aerospace hardware
• Experience in relevant FEA tools (i.e. NASTRAN/Abaqus/ANSYS/HyperMesh): static, modal, random/sine vibe, shock, acoustic
• Experience in CFRP/metal hybrid analysis: laminate theory, allowables, bonded/bolted joints, fastener design
• Proficiency understanding of FEM modeling techniques (boundary conditions, bolted connections, contact, verification methods, etc.)
• Experience generating loads/environments and deriving structural requirements/margins
• Test planning (levels, fixtures, instrumentation) and correlation

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in ME/Aero (or equivalent)
• Experience with composite failure criteria, bearing/bypass/net‑tension methods
• Acoustic/shock environments experience; thermal‑structural coupling and deployment dynamics inputs
• Drawing sign‑off authority and CR disposition experience
• Experience testing materials, joints, components and systems
• Experience with Creo and Windchill
• Experience with manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization  & allowable development

 

Compensation Range for:

CA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20;CO applicants is $107,707.00-$150,789.45;WA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles:  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include:  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%, and an Education Support Program.

• Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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