Thermal Design Engineer II - Lunar Permanence

About the role

As a key member of the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team, you will apply your thermal hardware expertise to Blue Origin’s Lunar vehicle architectures. You will join a team of Thermal Engineers developing thermal hardware for lunar landers and shepherding those designs through build, test, and verification. The role calls for technical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for the company’s mission and vision is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide thermal hardware expertise to Lunar vehicle architectures
• Design, size, build, and test thermal hardware
• Drive hardware through build, test, and verification phases
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to deliver results

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 3+ years of relevant Thermal Engineering experience
• Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals
• Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, and other common spacecraft hardware
• Demonstrated experience designing, sizing, building, and testing hardware
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation processes
• Moderate experience with CAD software; preferably Creo
• Familiarity with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver results

Qualifications

• M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering (desired)
• 5+ years of relevant aerospace experience (desired)
• Solid understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware such as pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, heat exchangers, and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters (desired)
• Familiarity with relevant standards such as AS9100D, ASME, SAE, AWS and ANSI Y14.5 specifications (desired)
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in application (desired)
• Vendor technical management experience (desired)
• Design for manufacturability and assembly experience (desired)
• Experience developing component specifications (desired)
• Demonstrated experience in CREO modeling and drawing creation (desired)
• Familiarity with precision drilling techniques (desired)
• Experience with complex CREO modeling techniques and hole patterning (desired)
• Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation (desired)
• Experience with CFD optimization of cold plates and heat exchangers (desired)
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools experience (desired)

Pay

Base Pay Range:
California applicants: $107,136.00 – $149,990.40
Colorado applicants: $98,208.00 – $137,491.20
Washington applicants: $107,136.00 – $149,990.40
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
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays