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Blue Origin · 4 days ago

Fluid Systems Design Engineer II

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$99K/yr - $139K/yr

2+ years exp

Blue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Fluid Systems Design Engineer II will support the development and operations of the New Glenn launch vehicle, working on the design and qualification of pressurized systems in extreme environments.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support 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

Work on the design, analysis, development, and qualification of pressurized liquid and gas systems on a reusable launch vehicle in extreme environments from cryogenic to hot gas temperatures

Share the team’s impact on all aspects of detailed mechanical design, requirements, layouts, analysis, component selection, modeling, drafting, manufacturing, and test definition

Qualification

Mechanical designFluid/thermal analysisFinite Element Analysis (FEA)3D CAD programsGD&T proficiencyMaterial selectionManufacturing processesVendor managementQuality control techniquesLeadership skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering

2+ years of proven experience in the design of aerospace fluid or mechanical systems

Experience in 3D CAD programs (Creo preferred)

Experience in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools to analyze pressurized systems and secondary structures (ANSYS preferred)

Proficiency in crafting engineering drawings with GD&T (ASME Y14.5)

Proven understanding of fluid components such as valves, tubing, and other pressurized hardware

Solid understanding of fabrication, integration processes, and quality control techniques relevant to tubes, machined components, and welded hardware

Preferred

Master's degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering

Experience designing systems with Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Methane in liquid and/or gaseous states

Experience in system layout or component design for launch vehicles or ground cryogenic and pressure systems

Experience with thermo-fluid solver applications Thermal Desktop (Sinda Fluint), AFT (Fathom/Arrow), Excel-based models, REFPROP

Experience in basic fluid system analysis using hand calculations, not limited to software-based analysis

Proven understanding of materials properties and related processes; preference for aerospace materials

Hands-on experience building and testing mechanical assemblies or pressurized components/systems

Experience in all phases of integrating routed fluid systems in-ground based or flight vehicle applications

Experience in engineering analysis/support for disposition of Non-Conformance (NC) related to fluid components, machined parts, weldments, and electro-mechanical assemblies

Experience with structural analysis and validation for tubing, secondary structure and/or fluid components