Thermal Hardware Engineer - Lunar Permanence

Blue Origin • Huntsville, WA

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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 a key member of the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team, you will be applying your skills to provide thermal hardware expertise to our Lunar vehicle architectures. In this role you will contribute to a team of Thermal Engineers simultaneously developing groundbreaking thermal hardware for lunar landers and driving those designs through build, test, and verification. 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 a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 3+ years of relevant Thermal Engineering experience
• Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals
• Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, and other common spacecraft hardware
• Demonstrated experience designing, sizing, building, and testing hardware
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process
• Moderate experience with CAD software; preferably Creo
• Familiarity with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver results

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 5+ years of relevant aerospace experience
• Solid understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware such as pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, heat exchangers, etc and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters
• Familiarity with relevant standards such as AS9100D, ASME, SAE, AWS and ANSI Y14.5 specifications
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in application
• Vendor technical management experience
• Design for manufacturability and assembly experience is a plus
• Experience developing component specifications
• Demonstrated experience in CREO modeling and drawing creation
• Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
• Experience with CFD optimization of cold plates and heat exchangers
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools experience

Responsibilities

• Provide thermal hardware expertise to Lunar vehicle architectures.
• Contribute to a team of Thermal Engineers developing thermal hardware for lunar landers.
• Drive designs through build, test, and verification.
• Apply technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.

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)
• Up to four (4) weeks of Paid Time Off 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