Fluid Systems Engineer III - Valve Sustainment Verified today
About the Role
This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle designed to carry people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable and human-capable.
As the primary technical point of contact between design engineers and the manufacturing value stream, you will ensure successful production of flight-proven valve components. You will become the go-to expert on their design history, critical functions, and performance parameters. By embedding with procurement, testing, and operations teams, you will identify and solve design and build challenges, leading design-for-manufacturability reviews and driving process improvements.
What You Will Do
- Production and Manufacturing Support
- Act as first point of contact for production, providing hands-on floor support to troubleshoot and resolve manufacturing challenges.
- Disposition non-conforming hardware by interpreting engineering models, drawings, and specifications to make clear assessments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and designs for producibility.
- Design Improvement and Sustaining Engineering
- Investigate and identify opportunities to improve legacy designs for manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
- Develop and implement design improvements and update assembly and test procedures based on root cause analysis and production feedback.
- Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) reviews for internally-built and supplier hardware.
- Analysis and Documentation
- Utilize 3D CAD and FEA tools to analyze existing designs and proposed modifications.
- Deliver completed design updates using best drafting practices per ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
- Create well-documented analysis reports to substantiate design changes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or design engineering environment, supporting production of complex mechanical or fluid systems.
- Solid understanding of fluid components such as valves, regulators, and fittings, as well as core concepts in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.
- Practical knowledge of common manufacturing processes, fabrication methods, and quality control for machined components.
- Experience interpreting GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and reviewing engineering drawings.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with ability to build trust across different teams.
- Must be U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience transitioning products from design/development into high-rate production environments.
- Expertise with cryogenic fluid systems (hydrogen, oxygen, methane) and materials.
- Proficiency with 3D CAD software (Creo preferred, or SolidWorks, NX, etc.) and FEA tools such as ANSYS.
- Experience with component/system level testing, troubleshooting, and data acquisition.
- Project management skills, including supplier management.
Compensation and Benefits
Base Pay Range for WA applicants: $121,023.00 to $169,432.20 (other site ranges may differ)
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock Options for regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
- Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company-paid holidays
Required Background Check
Blue's Standard Background Check is required for all positions. Certain roles may require additional checks such as DBIDS background check if work at military installations is required.