Director Structural Analyst - New Glenn Tanks - Stage 1

Company: Blue Origin LLC
Location: Kent
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Director Structural Analyst - New Glenn Tanks - Stage 1 As part of a unique and highly-skilled team, you’ll be responsible for structural analysis of space launch vehicle primary and secondary structures; as well as developing analysis processes. This is a hands-on position that involves all aspects of structural analysis throughout design, assembly, testing, and flight operations.

Responsibilities:

Detailed hand calc and FEM analysis of primary and secondary aerospace structures

Documentation of stress analysis to support release of engineering drawings / documents

Improving enterprise analysis capabilities such as creating process automation tools for model creation, strength checks, and analysis report generation

Mentoring designers and junior structural analysts in stress/stability/fracture analysis best practices

Providing technical guidance on design concepts (risk vs. cost vs. performance)

Maintain and report on activity schedule, budget and technical status

Supporting other teams and team members with inputs for configuration development and trade studies

Qualifications:

P assion for Blue Origin’s mission: Millions of people living and working in space!

Minimum of a B.S. degree (M.S. preferred) in engineering and 15+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, or automotive;

Past experience leading and/or managing a technical team and reports.

Demonstrated proficiency with one or more of the following analysis codes: Nastran, Optistruct, Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna

Understanding of FEM modeling techniques (boundary conditions, bolted connections, contact, verification methods, etc)

Experience with development and/or qualification testing (test requirements, setup/configuration, test predictions, test conduct/monitoring, etc)

Working knowledge of fatigue/fracture (AFGRO/NASGRO, spectra development, NDE methods, fail safe vs. safe life, NASA-STD-5019)

Free-body diagrams for internal and reaction load derivation

Familiarity with classical aerospace sizing methods (ex: Bruhn, Niu, Roark)

Analysis of metallic and/or composite structures (orthogrid/isogrid, skin-stringer, fittings, sandwich panels, etc.)

Analysis of stability critical structures (local buckling phenomenon, global buckling, crippling)

Mesh generation (ex: mid-surfacing) and understanding of element types (quad4, tet4 vs. tet10, RBE2 vs RBE3, hex8, hex20, etc)

Bolted joint hand calculations (bolt preload, joint stiffness, shear-tension interaction, insert pull-out, etc)

Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

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:

Demonstrated process automation experience using scripting languages is highly desired (Matlab, Python, VBA, Fortran 77/90+, etc.)

Composite design and analysis skills in any thermoset, thermoplastic, metal matrix or ceramic matrix composites

Experience with analyzing / dispositioning non-conformances

Experience with Creo (ProEngineer Wildfire 4 or greater)

Blue Origin offers a phenomenal work environment and awesome culture with competitive compensation, benefits, 401K, and relocation.

Blue Origin is an  equal opportunity employer . In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with Blue's principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age. Blue Origin prohibits any form of workplace harassment.

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About Us Blue Origin was founded with a vision to enable a future where millions of people are living and working in space to benefit Earth. In order to preserve Earth, Blue Origin believes in the need to enable humanity to expand, explore, find new energy and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space. Blue Origin believes it has an important role in building a road to space and lowering the cost of getting there. At Blue Origin, we’re working on this today by developing fully reusable launch vehicles and systems that are safe, reliable and affordable. Every launch vehicle is designed for human spaceflight from the beginning and able to ferry payloads to space.

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