Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Avionics Mechanical Packaging - TeraWave

About the role

Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based communications with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership as a member of a cross-disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission-critical avionics
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and design architecture
• Collaborate with the electrical engineering team to incorporate printed circuit board and interconnect systems, including thermal and structural analyses of these components
• Lead design trade studies
• Design avionics enclosure solutions for performance and high reliability in harsh environments
• Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents
• Create 3D CAD models and assemblies, part and assembly drawings, installation drawings, and other required technical documentation
• Build and evaluate prototype assemblies
• Create assembly aids and test fixtures
• Collaborate on and document team mechanical best practices
• Plan and conduct engineering tests and data reviews
• Create and deliver presentations, proposals, and training material on technical subjects
• Review assembly instructions and support hardware builds
• Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, and inspection
• Support Production and Quality Engineering as needed, including dispositioning material defects
• Mentor and train junior engineers
• Review and approve designs and documentation created by other team members

Requirements

• B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 10+ years of recent experience designing ruggedized electronic enclosures or similar high-performance / high reliability hardware
• Skilled with static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis
• Skilled with 3D CAD modeling programs (Creo preferred)
• Skilled with FEA tools (Ansys preferred)
• Experience with Steinberg or Engelmeier solder fatigue
• Skilled with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5)
• Able to communicate design concepts and analysis results effectively
• Experience with environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal cycle
• Experience performing failure analysis and establishing root cause / corrective action

Qualifications

• Experience with one or more of the following packaging disciplines: avionics, power regulators and distributors, batteries, optics, sensors, motor controllers, RF radios and amplifiers, displays, controls, antennas, and navigation instrumentation
• Experience with aerospace, launch vehicle, or spacecraft avionics systems
• Experience with recent versions of Creo, Windchill, Ansys Mechanical
• Experience with fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics
• Experience with aerospace industry standard structural analysis methods (Bruhn, Marks’, Shigley, Steinberg, Roark’s)
• Experience with additional environmental testing including EMI/RFI, TVAC
• Training and mentoring junior level engineers
• Directing the activities of other engineers
• Hands-on, practical mechanical abilities
• Demonstrated autonomy in tackling varied assignments and learning new skills
• Flexibility and openness to tackling varied assignments and learning new skills

Skills

• Leadership
• Expertise in mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling and FEA tools
• Experience with avionics and related systems
• Ability to perform failure analysis and establish root cause / corrective action
• Effective communication skills
• Environmental testing experience
• Project management and mentoring skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) with a company match
• Education Support Program
• Stock options
• Up to four weeks of paid time off
• Company-paid holidays
• Additional benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results

Pay

For CA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20
CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95
WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20
Other site ranges may differ.

Schedule

Not specified