Senior Structural Analyst

About the role

Blue Origin is seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Structural Analyst with expertise in turbomachinery hardware and experience working in ANSYS Workbench. This position plays a vital role in ensuring the structural integrity and reliability of BE-4 turbomachinery components.

Responsibilities

• Utilize your expertise in ANSYS Workbench to conduct comprehensive Finite Element Analyses (FEM), including, but not limited to, strength, fatigue, fracture, modal, and random vibration assessments on turbomachinery hardware.
• Construct and interpret free body diagrams to effectively analyze and solve structural challenges.
• Apply your understanding of Blue Origin’s structural command media to assess non-conformances on the BE-4 Main Turbopump components.
• Review spin-start component and assembly drawings, providing feedback to ensure designs adhere to Blue Origin’s engineering, safety and performance standards.
• Recommend and implement design modifications based on structural analysis results to improve performance and reliability.
• Engage with design teams, project managers, and other engineering disciplines to ensure structural considerations are incorporated into the released definition of turbomachinery hardware, and subsequent iterations.
• Work with Dynamic Environment & System teams to review and incorporate flight responses into the structural evaluations and life assessments.
• Lead the development of process / best practice guidelines, and provide technical leadership / help skill development for the rest of the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively within a collaborative team environment.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting complex data and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Excellent Technical writing and documentation of results and rationale.
• Experience in reviewing technical drawings and providing structural input for design modifications.
• Proven expertise in ANSYS Workbench and advanced understanding of strength, fatigue, fracture (NASGRO), modal, and random vibration analysis.
• Able to adapt existing analysis and problem solving skills to assess non-conforming hardware and establish the appropriate rationale for production flight hardware (Scrap, Use As Is, Repair etc…).
• Adept in constructing free body diagrams to facilitate structural evaluations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Previous experience in the Aerospace, Rocket and/or a similar high-technology industry.
• Knowledge and expertise in Turbopump & turbomachinery hardware.

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.