Enterprise MBD & DFx - Sr Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

21h•$145,188 - $203,263•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 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. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! At Blue Origin, we are working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to the vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. This role sits on the Model Based Definition (MBD)& Design for Excellence (DFx) team within Advanced Concepts & Enterprise Engineering (ACE). Our team is seeking a Enterprise Model-Based Definition (MBD) and Design for Excellence (DFx) Engineer to help implement and scale MBD and DFx capabilities across the enterprise. Blue Origin is actively transitioning new design to model based definition with long term objective of fully model based engineering definition across the Enterprise. In this role, you will develop practical processes, standards, tools, and workflows that improve how engineering intent is captured in Creo and managed through Windchill. You will work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Inspection, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders to ensure model-based product definitions are accurate, usable, and capable of supporting downstream automation. You will also help embed Design for Excellence principles—including manufacturability, assembly, inspection, and producibility—into engineering-definition practices so that issues can be identified earlier in the design process rather than discovered during production. This is a hands-on engineering and implementation role. The successful candidate will combine Creo, Windchill, GD&T, and MBD expertise with strong cross-functional collaboration, systems thinking, and the ability to help engineers adopt new ways of working. The role may also support the development of automated design checks, Creo customizations, and AI-enabled engineering assistants. Direct software-development expertise is beneficial but is not required for every candidate. Passion for our mission and vision is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical field [or equivalent combination of education and experience — confirm]
8+ Years Relevant engineering design, systems engineering, or model-based definition experience
Advanced Creo proficiency, including parametric modeling, MBD annotation, and GD&T application per ASME Y14.5
Demonstrated Windchill proficiency, including product lifecycle management, configuration management, and release workflows
Strong understanding of GD&T best practices and their impact on manufacturing and inspection
Working knowledge of Design for Excellence (DFx) principles — including design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) — and how design decisions affect downstream fabrication, assembly, and inspection
Familiarity with MBD and interoperability standards including ASME Y14.41, ASME Y14.100, ISO 16792, STEP AP242, and QIF
Experience translating stakeholder needs into requirements, including verification and validation of delivered capability
Experience developing and delivering training, best-practice guides, or user documentation for engineering tools or processes, and coaching end users through tool or process issues
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to work effectively across interdisciplinary teams, earn trust, 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.

Nice To Haves

Master's or advanced degree in a relevant engineering field
Experience implementing MBD in a production and/or supply chain environment
Experience conducting producibility assessments or driving DFx outcomes on production hardware
Experience taking products from development design into rate production
Experience translating manufacturing, quality, or inspection requirements into structured design criteria or standards
Experience with downstream consumption of MBD data — CNC programming, CMM inspection, MES integration, or digital work instructions
Experience communicating model-based definition requirements to external suppliers or fabricators
Experience with Creo Toolkit, J-Link, or Windchill APIs for custom tool development
Experience building or deploying AI agents, LLM-based tools, or intelligent engineering assistants
Experience supporting a formal ticket queue or help desk for engineering tools
Experience supporting program- or enterprise-level transformations to model-based definition across multiple organizations or business units
Experience mentoring and developing engineers
Ability to self-direct and manage multiple concurrent workstreams with minimal oversight
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and its integration with MBD workflows
Experience influencing and briefing senior leadership
Familiarity with launch vehicle or spacecraft development and production lifecycles

Responsibilities

Develop and continuously improve MBD standards, processes, templates, and work instructions for parts, assemblies, and installations, ensuring alignment with ASME Y14.5, ASME Y14.41, and related engineering-definition standard.
Translate the needs of engineering and downstream stakeholders into clear, practical authoring guidance for Creo and Windchill users.
Improve the quality and machine-readability of product definitions, and support integration of MBD practices with the broader PLM and model-based engineering environment.
Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Inspection, Supply Chain, and Operations to define what downstream users need from engineering definition & translate those needs into design criteria as reflected in MBD standards, templates, design guidance and model checking workflows.
Surface producibility and downstream risk earlier in the design cycle through producibility assessments and participation in design reviews.
Capture production lessons learned and leverage to identify design rules/requirements, standards/best practice updates and training needs.
Identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce manual effort in MBD authoring and model-quality checking.
Define use cases for Creo customizations, design-checking tools, and engineering assistants. Partner with Software, PLM, IT, and engineering-tool teams to bring those capabilities into production.
Support responsible use of AI for engineering guidance, standards compliance, model validation, DFx recommendations, and retrieval of approved lessons learned.
Serve as a subject-matter expert for MBD, Creo, Windchill, GD&T, and engineering-definition practices.
Provide hands-on coaching to engineers and designers and help resolve complex authoring issues as they come up (MBD Help Desk support, Teams Channel, etc).
Develop and deliver training, documentation, quick-reference guides, example models, and best practices as applicable.
Represent MBD and DFx in engineering working groups and communities of practice.
Assess recurring user issues and feedback, then translate them into lasting improvements to standards, processes, tools, and training as applicable.