Fluids Engineer II

BLUE ORIGIN•West Melbourne, WA

3d•$90,934 - $127,307

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 small, passionate and accomplished team of engineers and analysts, you will support all aspects of thermal and fluid system design for various New Glenn spaceflight systems. You will share in the team’s impact on the systems through their entire lifetime from early conceptual design and configuration through flight operations and sustaining engineering. The responsibilities of this position will be analysis intensive, primarily supportive of development and verification of launch vehicle component and vehicle thermal and fluid environments and performance requirements. You will implement aerothermal, rocket plume heating, and natural environments during all phases of flight. You will own the documentation and maintenance of analysis inputs, models, and results in reports and data books. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

Minimum of BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
2 or more years of experience in the fields of thermal or thermodynamic analysis.
Experience with one or more fluid or thermal modeling tools is required (e.g., ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS Classic, SINDA/FLUINT, Thermal Desktop, etc.).
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

4 or more years of experience and a MS degree.
Demonstrated expertise with Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, FloCAD.
Experience modeling launch vehicle systems.
Experience with cryogenic systems.
Knowledge of MATLAB.

Responsibilities

Support all aspects of thermal and fluid system design for various New Glenn spaceflight systems.
Support the systems through their entire lifetime from early conceptual design and configuration through flight operations and sustaining engineering.
Perform analysis intensive tasks, primarily supportive of development and verification of launch vehicle component and vehicle thermal and fluid environments and performance requirements.
Implement aerothermal, rocket plume heating, and natural environments during all phases of flight.
Own the documentation and maintenance of analysis inputs, models, and results in reports and data books.