TPS and Paint Engineer III - New Glenn Stage 2

BLUE ORIGIN • West Melbourne, 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 small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for engineering tasks related to the application of paint, TPS, and insulation on the upper stages of the New Glenn system. This includes owning the design, development, qualification, testing, and process work that is performed on launch vehicle modules, as well as supporting the delivery and commissioning of tooling and equipment necessary to perform these processes. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Requirements

• B.S. degree or higher and 4-6 years experience in Mechanical, Aerospace, or other relevant engineering field.
• Design and analysis experience in Creo, CATIA, or other 3D modeling programs.
• Analysis experience and FEM generation (Hypermesh, ANSYS, or others)
• Experience with work order creation, mBOMs, and configuration management.
• Strong written, personal, and computer skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at the executive leadership level and on the shop floor.
• 5+ years of demonstrated resourcefulness and execution within complex manufacturing environments.
• Estimated 10% travel to FL and other sites as needed to support the job.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in processes of spray painting large aerospace structures.
• Experience in processes of applying various aerospace Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)
• Experience in processes of applying spray on foam insulation (SOFI) and other foam products.

Responsibilities

• Perform research on TPS and paint methods, run material trades, and make recommendations for flight configurations.
• Create TPS/paint test panels and run development testing campaigns to prove out concepts.
• Document test results and create reports in support of qualification.
• Coordinate the application of paint, TPS, and Insulation on launch vehicle modules.
• Support/develop cost estimates for hardware, processes and organizations.
• Develop overall process sequencing for vehicle assembly and make real-time adjustments as needed to deal with production issues.
• Develop and maintain process schedules.
• Interpret design engineering documents into work orders that direct touch labor on the vehicle integration floor.
• Maintain documentation pedigree to support human capable flight.
• Take ownership over configuration management of flight inventory.
• Develop tooling concepts for assembly fixtures, procure and commission this equipment.
• Support hardware integration on the floor and troubleshoot issues as they arise throughout the day.
• Provide design for manufacturability review of vehicle designs, and make recommendations to improve quality, simplify operations and reduce cost.
• Develop the internal specifications required to support the manufacture of human capable flight vehicles.
• Develop process controls on critical manufacturing characteristics.
• Develop and implement preventive actions related to discrepancies.
• Take ownership of product quality, establishing procedures and processes to support continuous improvement.
• Use of process mapping, Kaizen, and other tools to dramatically reduce cycle time, defects and waste.
• Design and populate your assigned work center with equipment required to produce human capable launch vehicles.

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.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, 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.
• Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

What This Job Offers

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