Manager, Loads Analysis, Dynamic Environments, and Tool Development

Company: Blue Origin
Location: Kent
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

We 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 hard-working team of engineers, you will share in the team's impact on design and development of rocket engines and propulsion systems that meet Blue Origin's launch vehicle program requirements for various spaceflight systems. You will lead a team of highly talented engineers, and monitor team performance. You will be responsible for building and developing the existing team as well as new members from recruitment, using mentorship and career planning. You will also be managing and allocating engineering resources to deliver success across all engine programs.

In this role, you will directly impact all existing and future engine programs. You will champion processes that produce our loads and dynamic environments. Your team will need to work closely with analysis and test throughout the entire life cycle of an engine to ensure programs are successful and structural requirements are met. Your team will also be responsible for a small set of in-house analytical tools. You will be responsible for implementing and monitoring technical processes. You will champion process initiatives to improve our ability to accurately produce loads and dynamic environments while also meeting business needs. You will work closely with the program and chief engineering functions to tailor technical processes and requirements to meet program needs. Additionally, you may participate as a non-advocate reviewer for program and hardware reviews. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have excellent understanding of structural dynamics fundamentals. You will need to be familiar with how rocket engine operations produce loads on structure. You will need to have experience with the development of loads and environments. Basic understanding of liquid rocket engine systems, certification, and risks are important. Past experience with people management is desirable. You will need to be self-directed, balance several tasks at one time, and communicate effectively.

Qualifications

• BS degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 5+ years of experience in loads and dynamic environments, with at least some of that in launch vehicle or engine development
• 1+ years of engineering leadership experience
• Must be a US citizen or national, US permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the US as a refugee or granted asylum

Desired

• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize team resources
• Experience with rocket engine loads and environments development
• Demonstrated ability to lead change
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to view a copy of Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

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