Pumps Fluids Analyst Sr – Lunar Permanence

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 goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

• Perform fluids analysis on Lunar vehicle components (pumps)
• Provide design recommendations to Responsible Engineers based on analysis insights
• Generate and run secondary flow analysis models to provide design feedback
• Support test activities to validate analytical models
• Optimize and co-develop pump designs for efficiency, power consumption, system integration, manufacturability, cost, mass, leakage, and reliability
• Lead a small team in fluid analysis throughout the product lifecycle
• See hardware mature from CAD models to flight-qualified hardware installed on a Lunar vehicle
• Apply technical expertise, leadership skills, communication skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight

Qualifications

• M.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in thermal and/or fluids analysis and mechanical component design
• 5+ years of experience with classical hand calculations for thermal and/or fluids analysis based on common aerospace reference materials (Shigley, Bruhn, Roark etc.)
• 3+ years of experience with Ansys CFX, Ansys Fluent, workbench or other CFD analysis software
• 2+ years of experience with thermal desktop, FloCAD, or other thermal analysis software
• Experience with a wide variety of manufacturing methods, material selection, testing, characterization & allowable development
• Desired: Experience analyzing cryogenic components, script automation in Ansys workbench, experience working on human-rated space hardware, experience working with NASA requirements

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options
• Paid Time Off
• Other benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results