Drafter CAD III - New Glenn
About The Position
This role supports 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. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable. As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will design models, drawings, and configurations of launch vehicle hardware with a focus on propellant management & tunnel systems including secondary structures. You will share in the team’s impact on the design of the Stage 1 Tank and subsystems. You will report to the Manager of Mechanical, Materials & Structural Engineering within the Stage 1 Tanks team.
Requirements
- Minimum of an A.S. degree, or equivalent years of experience
- 5+ years of recent experience designing/drafting aerospace, automotive or equivalent industry structure’s parts, components, or subsystems
- Hands on experience with hardware “on the production floor” and/or “in service”
- Experience with Creo (Pro/Engineer) and Windchill; equivalent software will be considered if all other required qualifications are met
- Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software
- Experience managing large CAD assemblies and associated drawings
- Experience in standard fits, tolerance stacks, and GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, Y14.41)
- Experience with a PDM (Product Data Management) version control database
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Designing for manufacturing and assembly
- Launch vehicle, spacecraft and/or cryogenic structures experience
- Experience leading peer reviews, mentoring, and driving standard work within CAD and PLM processes
Responsibilities
- Maintain and revise released drawings based on engineering change requests from within Blue Origin and outside Suppliers.
- Balance tasks across different products within the Stage 1 Tanks
- Maintain high level Stage 1 Tank assembly including exporting data, fulfilling product structure requests and automating tasks with scripts.
- Design and maintain product definition by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs and resolving design discrepancies
- Apply relevant company, industry (design, drafting, parts) techniques to plan, lay-out, and maintain data depicting engineering designs (detail, assembly and installation drawings or datasets)
- Implement engineering and manufacturing standards to achieve a balanced approach to cost, schedule and performance requirements
- Support existing standards for product structure organization and naming
- Self-prioritize and self-schedule work activity in support of the team
- Assist in the development and deployment of reasonable standards for drafting.
- Act as a drafting standards checker for the team.
- Work with engineering design and analysis teams to disposition or mitigate emergent issues
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%, and an 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
