Senior Structural Analyst - 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 role supports Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.

Responsibilities

• Own structural analysis from requirements definition through qualification, including assumptions, modeling approach, documentation, and margin closure.
• Develop, maintain, execute, and validate finite element models (FEM) at component, subsystem, and vehicle level.
• Perform structural assessments for environments including: Quasi-static and inertial loads, Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA), Vibration, Acoustic, and Shock, Thermal extremes and transients.
• Create and review stress reports and certification artifacts (methods, results, margins, sensitivities).
• Partner with manufacturing and test to: Define test requirements and acceptance criteria, Support hardware builds and resolve nonconformances, Drive structural risk reduction via testing and correlation, Support rapid design trades (mass, stiffness, frequency, packaging, manufacturability) using hand calculations to provide actionable recommendations early in the design cycle.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to improving team standards, templates, and analysis best practices.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, Structural Engineering, or related field (M.S. preferred).
• 8+ years of professional experience performing structural/stress analysis for spacecraft, aircraft, or similarly rigorous hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to lead/own analysis for a complex system through design phases and into qualification.
• Strong proficiency with FEM development and structural analysis methods, including boundary condition definition, load application, result interpretation, and model validation.
• Experience with one or more of the following analysis software: Patran/Nastran, Ansys, Femap, Abaqus, Hyperworks, LS-Dyna.
• Experience creating and modifying geometry in CAD programs (preferably Creo).
• Experience producing clear, review-ready technical documentation (stress reports, analysis memos, margin summaries) and presenting results at design reviews.
• Working knowledge of aerospace structural environments and verification approaches (analysis vs. test, correlation, uncertainty factors).

Desired Experience

• With aerospace primary structures, mechanisms support structures, and mechanisms.
• Background in dynamics/pyroshock, vibro-acoustics, and CLA workflows.
• Composite structures (sandwich panels, ply-level allowables, failure criteria).
• Fracture mechanics, damage tolerance, and fatigue (hand calculations, NASGRO, etc.).
• Electromechanical actuators (motors, gearboxes, shafts).
• Test correlation experience (modal test correlation, static proof/limit testing, vibe/acoustic correlation).
• Background in process automation and scripting using Python, MATLAB, etc.

Pay

Compensation Range For CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95 WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

N/A