Senior Propulsion Engineer - Kent, United States - Blue Origin
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Description
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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflightWe are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety.
This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight.
Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.
As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will design and develop combustion devices (injectors, chambers, nozzles, thrusters, igniters, and related components) for various rocket engines and spaceflight systems.
You will be responsible for a combustion device's complete product life-cycle from initial requirements through flight qualification including design, manufacturing, test support, performing test data reviews, processing non-conforming hardware and writing technical reports.
You will need to have a background in fluid mechanics, heat transfer and structural mechanics to be successful. You will be reporting directly to a Combustion Devices Manager within the Engines business unit.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.
Qualifications:
Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering discipline (aerospace, mechanical, chemical or physics desired)
Subject matter expert in combustion devices through design and development
Strong proficiency in data analysis and data processing
Strong technical fundamentals in propulsion, fluids, thermodynamics, and combustion analysis
Strong knowledge of hardware fabrication, integration processes and quality control
Computer aided design (CAD) experience
Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
8+ years of industry experience in a related field
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.
Desired:
M.S. in engineering discipline or higher
Familiarity with analytical packages ANSYS, COMSOL, Fluent, CFX, Thermal Desktop, ROCETS or ROCCID
Strong knowledge of entire combustion devices life cycle from design, development, qualification, acceptance and production
Experience with Creo (Pro/E) Wildfire 5 or greater, Windchill 10
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