Sr. Structural Analyst - Lunar Permanence Verified today

Role

Join Blue Origin's Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Moon landers and related products for sustainable lunar infrastructure. You will lead full-vehicle structural analysis, from concept through qualification, ensuring vehicle integrity and safe crew and cargo transport to the lunar surface.

Key Responsibilities

• Own full-vehicle structural analysis, including assumptions, modeling approach, documentation, and margin closure
• Develop, maintain, and execute finite element models at component, subsystem, and vehicle level with configuration control and traceability
• Operate Hyper-X for analysis workflows and integrate outputs into substantiation and reporting
• Perform structural assessments: quasi-static and inertial loads, coupled loads analysis, modal, random vibration, sine vibration, acoustic, shock response, buckling, stiffness and deflection, load path validation
• Create and review stress reports, substantiation packages, and certification/qualification artifacts
• Conduct hand calculations to validate FEM results and support rapid design trades
• Evaluate and uprate existing structures to carry higher loads, identifying limiting load paths and recommending reinforcement or redesign options
• Support retrofit and repair dispositions with analysis and verification planning
• Partner with design, systems, loads and dynamics, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to define analysis requirements and support hardware builds
• Drive structural risk retirement through testing and model correlation
• Support design trades and provide actionable recommendations early in the design cycle
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to team standards and best practices

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil/Structural Engineering, or related field
• 7 or more years of professional experience performing structural/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 and presenting results at design reviews
• Working knowledge of spaceflight structural environments and verification approaches

Desired Qualifications

• M.S. in related field
• Experience with space-rated structures: primary structure, load-bearing assemblies, appendages, mechanisms support structure
• Background in dynamics/pyroshock, vibro-acoustics, or coupled loads analysis workflows
• Composite structures experience: laminates, sandwich panels, ply-level allowables, failure criteria
• Fracture mechanics, damage tolerance, or fatigue analysis
• Joint analysis: bolted joints, inserts, bonded joints, and interface load paths
• Familiarity with aerospace FEA solvers and pre/post processing tools
• Test correlation experience: modal test correlation, static proof/limit testing, vibration and acoustic correlation
• Comfort working in agile development with shifting priorities and rapid iterations

Compensation and Benefits

Base pay 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%, Education Support Program, and stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week). Paid time off up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Eligibility for role-based bonuses at company discretion.

Employment Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until requisition closes.