Mechanical Engineer - GSE & Tooling (Late Career) Verified today
About the role
You will design, analyze, and release ground support equipment (GSE) and tooling for Blue Origin's Engines, Lunar, and New Glenn business units. Working directly with design teams and manufacturing engineers, you will solve manufacturing and handling challenges across a wide range of hardware. You'll manage projects from concept through commissioning, ensuring successful delivery of development and flight hardware.
Responsibilities
- Design production, development, test, integration, and advanced manufacturing tooling and equipment for Blue Engines, Lunar, and New Glenn business units
- Integrate concepts and principles of mechanical design and analysis across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Interpret and apply sound design and drafting standards (ASME Y14.5) when creating drawings
- Handle technical design challenges including assembly fixtures, material handlers, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machines
- Collaborate with component designers, manufacturing engineers, and integration engineering to optimize safety, cost, quality, cycle time, delivery, reliability, and maintenance
- Manage projects including vendor selection, fabrication, inspection, installation, proof testing, and commissioning of custom tooling
- Set, implement, and maintain schedules and budgets for project completion
Minimum qualifications
- B.S. degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years' experience with design, build, and commissioning of tooling, fixtures, custom machines, or design support equipment for manufacturing, assembly, and test
- Experience with FEM and complex structural analysis, plus ability to perform hand calculations and create Freebody diagrams
- Proven experience with CAD-based design software for modeling and drafting
- Strong expertise in design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA), including experience taking products from development design to rate production
- Proven understanding of common manufacturing materials, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analysis
- Proven understanding of common manufacturing processes and machines including CNC machining, manual mills and lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, and inspection
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with industry standards such as ASME BTH-1, aluminum design manual, and AISC
- Experience with custom machine design including motors, actuators, linear rails/actuators, pneumatics, hydraulics, and bearings
- Experience with Creo and Windchill CAD/PDM systems
- Experience with NX and Teamcenter CAD/PDM systems
- Experience with analysis packages such as ANSYS Workbench, FEMAP Pre/Post processing, NASTRAN Solver, or NX Advance Simulation
Work details
- Location: Space Coast, FL
- Shift: A Shift (8am-5pm)
- Relocation provided
- Multiple positions available
Employment requirements
Applicants must be a 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.
Background check required for all positions. Additional background checks may be required depending on role requirements, including DBIDS checks for military installation access.