Mechanical Design Engineer III

About the role

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. The ideal candidate will support NASA’s Artemis program by leading the design and development of lunar pump hardware used in water, coolant, and propellant systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, build, and test turbomachinery components, with a primary focus on cryogenic pumps for lunar and rocket fluid systems.
• Own the mechanical definition of cryogenic and space-rated pumps, including 3D models, detailed drawings, design updates, and resolution of design discrepancies.
• Cook fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning of new or modified pump systems at Blue Origin sites, working closely with manufacturing and test teams.
• Create and manage fabrication and installation drawings in ProE/Creo with Windchill, applying company and industry standards for design, drafting, and configuration control.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) to ensure designs are producible, maintainable, and scalable from prototype through higher-rate builds.
• Guide hardware through the full product life cycle—from requirements and preliminary design through detailed design, build, test, verification, integration, and flight.
• Collaborate across disciplines and clearly communicate complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a highly collaborative, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience designing pump components and assemblies or other high performance rotating machinery/turbomachinery.
• Advance proficiency in CAD (Creo preferred) to create rotating machinery part models, assemblies, and engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GD&T standards (ASME Y14.5) and the practical application of tolerance analysis in mechanical design.
• Proven ability to provide high-quality mechanical design engineering solutions in a rapidly iterating research and development environment.
• Hands-on expertise in integration, assembly, testing, and troubleshooting of rotating machinery—seeing designs through from concept to deployment.
• Strong foundation in mechanical engineering—expert in materials, heat treatments, statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials for mission-critical aerospace applications.
• Experience using PLM software (Windchill preferred) to facilitate aerospace industry standard configuration control of engineering design.
• Desired: Master's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Cryogenic pump design experience.
• Experience interfacing directly with suppliers to solve manufacturing challenges.
• Innate passion for Blue Origin’s mission to enable humanity’s expansion into space.