Engineer - Mechanical III - Lunar Permanence, Avionics / Optical Mechanical Packaging Verified today

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers. You will work within the Core Avionics group on the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program, designing mechanical solutions for avionics that will return humans to the Moon and extend permanent human presence beyond Earth.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a member of a cross-disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission-critical avionics
• Support developmental trade studies
• Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents
• Collaborate with electrical engineering to incorporate printed circuit boards and interconnect systems, including thermal and structural analyses
• Design avionics enclosure solutions for performance and high reliability in harsh environments
• Create 3D CAD models, assemblies, part and assembly drawings, installation drawings, and technical documentation
• Build and evaluate prototype assemblies
• Create assembly aids and test fixtures
• Plan and conduct engineering tests and data reviews
• Review assembly instructions and support hardware builds
• Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, and inspection
• Support Production and Quality Engineering by dispositioning material defects
• Manage product design configuration revisions through the product lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 5 or more years of experience designing ruggedized electronic enclosures, optical assemblies, or similar high-performance hardware
• Experience with static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling programs (Creo preferred)
• Experience with FEA tools (Ansys preferred)
• Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5)
• Ability to be self-directed and balance multiple projects
• History of communicating design concepts and analysis results effectively
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive, professional relationships
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with avionics, optics, sensors, motor controllers, displays, controls, or LiDAR packaging
• Experience with recent versions of Creo, Windchill, Ansys, Sherlock, Icepack
• Experience with Sigmadyne SigFit software
• Experience with fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics
• Experience with Steinberg or Engelmeier solder fatigue
• Experience with aerospace industry standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Marks', Shigley, Steinberg, Roark's)
• Experience with environmental testing including vibration, shock, and thermal cycle
• Experience with bonding and analysis of bonded joints
• Experience with optics standards for drawings and tolerances per ANSI/OEOSC ISO 10110
• Experience mentoring or training others

Compensation

Base Pay Range: CO applicants $110,938.00 to $155,312.85; WA applicants $121,023.00 to $169,432.20. Other site ranges may differ.

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel not typically expected, but up to 15% on an as-needed basis