Senior Structural Analyst, New Glenn 9 Engine Landing Gear Systems

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will support the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar space, and beyond. The fully reusable Stage 1 booster (GS1-9E, powered by nine BE-4 engines) is central to Blue Origin's mission of dramatically lowering the cost of access to space through rapid reuse.

You'll be an integral part of the design, development, test, qualification, and production of Landing Gear Subsystem for the New Glenn 2.0 booster. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention to safe and repeatable spaceflight.

A thorough understanding of structural analysis and load path is required as we strive for a weight optimized design. In addition, you will be responsible for creating analysis documentation that is concise and accurate and to perform peer reviews of analysis and reports generated by other team members. You will also be expected to provide structural analysis guidance to design engineers as well as junior structural analysts.

We are looking for someone who brings technical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to quality that will positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• →Own the structural integrity assessments necessary to design, build, test, qualify, and certify the New Glenn Stage 1 Landing Gear Subsystem.
• →Perform detailed hand calculations and finite element analyses (linear, nonlinear, and dynamic) of primary and secondary structures, mechanisms, for development, production support, and sustainment.
• →Perform fatigue, fracture, and damage tolerance analyses to support reuse life and inspection interval definition.
• →Provide structural analysis support for component, sub-component, subsystem, and system-level testing, including development, product improvement, and qualification testing.
• →Provide technical leadership on design concepts and trades (risk vs. cost vs. performance), and represent stress analysis team at design reviews. Prepare and present technical content to internal and external customers, and report on technical status.

• →Document stress analyses to support release of engineering drawings and documents and  responsible for stress approval of designs, including peer review and independent validation of others' work.

• →Assess damage, out-of-tolerance conditions, and nonconformances on metallic and composite hardware, and provide repair or use-as-is dispositions.
• →Improving enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation.

• B.S. degree or higher in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle structures.
• Strong proficiency with FEM (ANSYS preferred) development and structural analysis methods, including boundary condition definition, load application, result interpretation, and model validation.
• Strong command of classical aerospace analysis methods (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, Blodgett, Marks' Standard Handbook, Shigley, etc.).
• Experience with fatigue analysis and linear-elastic fracture mechanics (hand calculations, NASGRO, etc.).
• Experience analyzing mechanical systems, including mechanisms, actuators, shock struts, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
• Experience with development and/or qualification testing at the component, sub-component, and system level (test requirements, setup/configuration, test predictions, test conduct/monitoring, data reduction, etc.).
• Knowledge of engineering materials, material selection, and manufacturing methods for metallic and composite structures.
• Experience analyzing and dispositioning nonconformances, including repair methods for metallic and composite structures.
• Working knowledge of 3D CAD programs (Creo, SolidWorks, NX).
• 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.

• M.S. degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Loads development experience, particularly landing or transient loads.
• Experience with cryogenic and elevated-temperature systems and the applicable analysis approaches.
• Experience with non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques.
• Process automation experience using scripting (Python, MATLAB, VBA, etc.).
• Advanced proficiency with one or more of the following analysis codes: Nastran, Abaqus, LS-DYNA, or OptiStruct, including explicit dynamics or impact analysis.

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