Mass Properties Engineer III – New Glenn

Blue Origin • Space Coast, FL

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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 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 engineers, you will allocate, estimate, and manage the mass properties for various spaceflight systems. The responsibilities of this position include generating data products to inform the overall mass health, tracking risks and opportunities, and supporting weight and balance testing of vehicle components and stage(s). Other responsibilities include contributing to the mass properties estimation of conceptual design configurations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or related technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in engineering design, analysis, or mass properties management
• Strong fundamentals in mass, center of mass, and inertia computations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent technical field
• Knowledge of launch and space vehicles
• Familiarity with ANSI/AIAA S-120A-2015 - Mass Properties Control for Space Systems
• Experience in developing and improving tool chains that interface with a CAD toolset
• Experience in developing analysis toolchains in MATLAB
• Familiarity with requirement development and flow down
• Experience developing work orders, test procedures, and executing weight and balance tests

Responsibilities

• generating data products to inform the overall mass health
• tracking risks and opportunities
• supporting weight and balance testing of vehicle components and stage(s)
• contributing to the mass properties estimation of conceptual design configurations

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.
• Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees