Fluids Analyst II - Lunar Permanence

BLUE ORIGIN • West Melbourne, FL

1d • $133,500 - $186,899 • Onsite

About The Position

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will work to design, analyze, build, test, integrate, deliver, and operate fluids and propulsion subsystems on Lunar landers.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in thermal fluids analysis and mechanical component design
• Proficiency in Thermal Desktop FloCAD and Sinda/Fluint with strong FORTRAN user-logic skills
• Deep understanding of Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Thermodynamics
• Hands-on experience with first-order and Excel-level fluids calculations

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Engineering degree
• Prior spacecraft fluid systems experience
• CFD expertise (ANSYS Fluent, FLOW3D)
• Fluid network analysis tools (AFT Arrow/Fathom)
• Experience with cryogenic, two-phase, and gaseous fluid systems
• Hydrogen and oxygen systems background
• Process automation scripting skills (VBA, MATLAB, Python, FORTRAN)

Responsibilities

• Generate and run thermo-fluids models of cryogenic propellant in spacecraft
• Provide guidance on optimizing hardware configuration, mission conops and control logic
• Quantitatively evaluate alternative trade studies and provide recommendations
• Work with a cross functional team to advance the state of the art of in space cryogenic fluid management

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
• 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
• up to 14 company-paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level