Additive - Manufacturing Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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 Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities. We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. As part of a small, hardworking, and accomplished team of specialists, you will be responsible for translating engineering intent, drawings, and configurations into additively manufactured metallic flight hardware. This involves educating engineers/designers on design for additive manufacturing, creation of the print model, owning the manufacturing process, tracking work orders, addressing manufacturing issues, and continuing to work improvements. You will work closely with operators, quality technicians and engineering counterparts to support the processing of complex rocket engine and rocket components (i.e. thrust chambers, injectors, turbo pumps, etc). As an integral member of the team, you will use data to drive process improvements, relay design improvements to engineering, and in general serve as a direct feedback loop between design and fabrication.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or higher in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or related field
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
2+ years in aerospace or similar industries
Exposure to and understanding of laser powder bed fusion printing or similar
Must be physically able to: Support production floor activities onsite to keep parts flowing.
Ability to support onsite in in Kent
Support off hours for production if required

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
Aerospace and rocket engine development experiences.
Strong solid understanding of engineering concepts and design for manufacturing.
Experience with heat treatment processing
Proven experience developing and printing LPB hardware.
Experience with generating work instructions to build complex assemblies
Experience creating, developing, and maturing processes to production readiness level
2+ years of experience working in metallic additive manufacturing and design.
Solid understanding of design for additive manufacturing and support strategies.

Responsibilities

Own the completion of Additively Manufactured (AM) components at the post-processing (back-end) level
Support & help develop new workcenter setup at for post-processing of AM printed components.
Support communication and DFM to improve additive designs.
Participate in company process definition, documentation, and improvement teams for manufacturing processes, business processes, production planning, lessons learned, and other standards/processes as needed.
Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the full process from print to delivery.
Closely manage cost, quality, build sequence, and schedule of hardware throughout the entire manufacturing process.
Perform root cause analyses when non-conformances and escapes are identified and deploy corrective actions.
Ability to support operations onsite in Huntsville, AL and during off hours (if required) via phone or online tools