Structural Loads Engineer - New Glenn II

About the role

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Responsibilities

• Launch vehicle Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) development and execution, including cross-discipline interactions to ensure proper analysis inputs/assumptions and to ensure generation of desired outputs.
• Documentation and communication of CLA and other loads results for internal, government, and commercial customers.
• Finite Element Model development/refinement, validation, and correlation to modal tests.
• Finite Element Model reduction using Component Modal Synthesis methods (e.g., Craig-Bampton).
• General loads development for launch vehicles and related ground systems.
• Development of mathematical models and simulations for loads analysis.
• Resource-intensive computing, management of large datasets, reduction, and post-processing of data for engineering applications.
• Other low and high frequency structural loads tasks as required.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Passion for aerospace vehicle structural loads and analysis.
• Finite Element Modeling experience.
• NASTRAN and MATLAB proficiency.
• Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools).
• Ability to process and present data for engineering applications.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to Blue's culture.
• Mandatory U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, or refugee/asylum status.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in launch and/or space vehicle structural loads prediction/analysis/measurement/testing.
• Spacecraft and launch vehicle loads experience.
• Spacecraft and launch vehicle structural analysis, design, build, and test experience.
• Experience with fatigue analysis and development.
• Experience with dynamic (modal) testing and correlation of structures.
• Experience with instrumentation for ground and flight tests.
• Experience with mathematical modeling, simulation, and control algorithms.
• Experience with high performance computing, management of large sets of data, AI, data science, and cloud computing.
• Experience with the following commercial software tools: HYPERMESH, ANSYS, DMAP, IMAT, PYTHON, FORTRAN, LS-DYNA.

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 for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week).
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Pay

Base Pay Range For CA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35 WA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

Not specified