Sr. Structural Analyst- Lunar Permanence Verified today

About the Role

This position is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. You will own full-vehicle structural analysis to build sustainable infrastructure for crew and cargo transport from Earth to the lunar surface.

Key Responsibilities

• Own full-vehicle structural analysis from concept through qualification, including assumptions, modeling approach, documentation, and margin closure.
• Develop, maintain, and execute finite element models (FEM) at component, subsystem, and vehicle level; ensure model configuration control and traceability.
• Operate Hyper-X for analysis workflows and deliverables; integrate tool outputs into substantiation and reporting.
• Perform structural assessments across relevant environments:
  • Quasi-static and inertial loads
  • Coupled loads analysis (CLA) support
  • Modal, random vibration, sine vibration, acoustic, and shock response
  • Buckling, stiffness and deflection, load path validation
• Create and review stress reports, substantiation packages, and certification and qualification artifacts (methods, results, margins, sensitivities).
• Conduct hand calculations to validate FEM results and support rapid trades.
• Evaluate and uprate existing structures to carry higher loads, including identifying limiting load paths, local hot spots, and driving failure modes; reanalyze updated load cases; and recommend reinforcement or redesign options (doublers, stiffeners, thicker gages, joint redesign, material changes, interface updates).
• Support retrofit and repair dispositions and verification plans (analysis and/or test).
• Partner with design, systems, loads and dynamics, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to define analysis requirements, support hardware builds, resolve nonconformances, and drive structural risk retirement via testing and correlation.
• Support design trades (mass, stiffness, frequency, packaging, manufacturability) and provide actionable recommendations early in the design cycle.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to improving team standards, templates, and analysis best practices.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil/Structural Engineering, or related field (M.S. preferred).
• 7+ years of professional experience performing structural and stress analysis for spacecraft, launch vehicles, satellites, aircraft, or similarly rigorous flight hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and own analysis for a complex system through design phases and into qualification.
• Strong proficiency with FEM development and structural analysis methods, including boundary condition definition, load application, result interpretation, and model validation.
• Ability to operate Hyper-X and apply it effectively to deliver program-quality analysis outputs.
• Experience producing clear, review-ready technical documentation (stress reports, analysis memos, margin summaries) and presenting results at design reviews.
• Working knowledge of spaceflight structural environments and verification approaches (analysis vs. test, correlation, uncertainty factors).

Desired Experience

• Experience with space-rated structures (primary structure, load-bearing assemblies, appendages, mechanisms support structure).
• Background in one or more of the following: dynamics and pyroshock, vibro-acoustics, or CLA workflows; composite structures (laminates, sandwich panels, ply-level allowables, failure criteria); fracture mechanics, damage tolerance, or fatigue (as applicable to program standards); joint analysis (bolted joints, inserts, bonded joints) and interface load paths.
• Familiarity with typical aerospace FEA solvers and pre and post processing tools (in addition to Hyper-X).
• Test correlation experience (modal test correlation, static proof and limit testing, vibe and acoustic correlation).
• Comfortable working in an agile development setting with shifting priorities and rapid iterations.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation range for WA applicants: $145,188.00 to $203,263.20. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match up to 5%, and an Education Support Program. Stock options are available for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Paid time off includes up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Employment Requirements

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin 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 checks are required for all positions, including Blue's Standard Background Check.