Blue Origin · 1 month ago
Welding Engineer III
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$117K/yr - $164K/yr
5+ years expBlue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Welding Engineer III will tackle material problems for the New Shepard program, working closely with various teams to optimize designs and processes.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop, release, and maintain welding process documentation
Support procurement activities to support vehicle build schedules
Support integrated test objectives, data review, and reporting
Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis
Work with multi-functional teams across multiple work sites that include design, analysis, materials, processes, structures, fluids, systems, procurement, and manufacturing
Qualification
Required
B.S. degree or higher in mechanical, structural, or other relevant engineering field
5+ years in professional engineering experience
Strong fundamentals in mechanics of materials
Experience with large primary or secondary structures
Experience with material selection, compatibility, and metallic manufacturing techniques & product forms (e.g. sheet metal, machining, etc)
Familiarity with tolerance, GD&T and design for manufacturability
Hands on experience with hardware 'on the production floor' and/or 'in service'
Preferred
Experience with aluminum welding methods including friction stir welding and gas tungsten arc welding
Ability to work independently driving engineering from conceptual to released engineering and flight hardware
Experience designing for manufacturability and value engineering, with focus on cost reduction and build time hour optimization
Familiarity with Microsoft Project or another equivalent schedule software
Familiarity with budget management
Experience in risk management and consolidation of technical data for presentation to senior leadership
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
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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