Technical Designer III

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. As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will design models, drawings, and configurations of launch vehicle hardware with a focus on mechanical and fluid systems including secondary structures, piping and mechanisms. You will share in the team’s impact on the design of the Stage 1 Tank and subsystems. You will report to the Manager of Mechanical, Materials & Structural Engineering within the Stage 1 Tanks team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and revise released drawings based on engineering change requests from within Blue Origin and outside Suppliers.
• Balance tasks across different products within the Stage 1 Tanks.
• Maintain high level Stage 1 Tank assembly including exporting data, fulfilling product structure requests and automating tasks with scripts.
• Design and maintain product definition by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs and resolving design discrepancies.
• Apply relevant company, industry (design, drafting, parts) techniques to plan, lay-out, and maintain data depicting engineering designs (detail, assembly and installation drawings or datasets).
• Implement engineering and manufacturing standards to achieve a balanced approach to cost, schedule and performance requirements.
• Support existing standards for product structure organization and naming.
• Self-prioritize and self-schedule work activity in support of the team.
• Assist in the development and deployment of reasonable standards for drafting. Act as a drafting standards checker for the team.
• Work with engineering design and analysis teams to disposition or mitigate emergent issues.
• Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Qualifications

• Minimum of an A.S. degree, or equivalent years of experience.
• 5+ years of recent experience designing/drafting aerospace, automotive or equivalent industry structure’s parts, components, or subsystems.
• Hands on experience with hardware “on the production floor” and/or “in service”.
• Experience with Creo (Pro/Engineer) and Windchill; equivalent software will be considered if all other required qualifications are met.
• Strong mechanical design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software.
• Experience managing large CAD assemblies and associated drawings.
• Experience in standard fits, tolerance stacks, and GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, Y14.41).
• Experience with a PDM (Product Data Management) version control database.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to Suppliers and Manufacturing Facility in FL to support manufacturing as needed.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Skills

• Designing for manufacturing and assembly.
• Launch vehicle, spacecraft and/or cryogenic structures experience.
• Experience leading peer reviews, mentoring, and driving standard work within CAD and PLM processes.

Pay

Base Pay Range for WA applicants is $39.34 - $55.07 per hour. Other site ranges may differ.

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.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for additional benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results.