Technical Designer III

BLUE ORIGIN•West Melbourne, FL

1d•$39 - $55

About The Position

Blue Origin is hiring a Technical Designer III to support the development and operations of New Glenn, a reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. As part of the Stage 1 Tanks team, this role designs models, drawings, and configurations for launch vehicle hardware, focusing on mechanical and fluid systems such as secondary structures, piping, and mechanisms. The position contributes to the design of the Stage 1 Tank and its subsystems and reports to the Manager of Mechanical, Materials & Structural Engineering.

Requirements

Minimum of an A.S. degree or equivalent years of experience.
At least 5 years of recent experience designing or drafting aerospace, automotive, or equivalent-industry structural 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 may 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 with standard fits, tolerance stacks, and GD&T analysis, including ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, and Y14.41.
Experience with a Product Data Management (PDM) version-control database.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to suppliers and the manufacturing facility in Florida as needed to support manufacturing.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen a culture of inclusion.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing for manufacturing and assembly.
Experience with launch vehicles, spacecraft, and/or cryogenic structures.
Experience leading peer reviews, mentoring, and driving standard work within CAD and PLM processes.

Responsibilities

Maintain and revise released drawings in response to engineering change requests from Blue Origin and external suppliers.
Balance tasks across different products within the Stage 1 Tanks team.
Maintain high-level Stage 1 Tank assemblies, including exporting data, fulfilling product structure requests, and automating tasks with scripts.
Develop and maintain product definitions by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs, and resolving design discrepancies.
Apply company and industry design, drafting, and parts techniques to plan, lay out, and maintain engineering design data, including detail, assembly, and installation drawings or datasets.
Apply engineering and manufacturing standards to balance cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
Support existing standards for product structure organization and naming.
Self-prioritize and schedule work in support of the team.
Assist in developing and deploying drafting standards and act as a drafting standards checker for the team.
Work with engineering design and analysis teams to disposition or mitigate emergent issues.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability
401(k) with company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results or other factors.