Thermal Protection System Lead

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 involves working directly with NASA as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) program, developing systems that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Thermal Protection System design including material selection, stack configuration, and analysis
• Own the delivery and quality of the TPS system design as well as delivery of the hardware solutions
• Identify and/or develop flight implementation and installation approaches
• Balance hardware design response against cost and schedule
• Perform trade studies and optimizations of solutions and collaborate with external subsystems on the tradeoffs
• Document design and analysis results and present at program gated reviews
• Communicate progress to leadership team via program management reviews, finance reviews, long-term forecasting business plan, and project deep dives

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 8 years of relevant Thermal Engineering experience
• Solid understanding of thermal fundamentals
• Familiarity with common materials used in thermal protection systems
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process

Qualifications

• M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 12 years of relevant aerospace experience
• Solid understanding of high temperature material properties
• Familiarity with heritage reusable and ablative TPS designs
• Proven experience taking novel designs through NASA certification
• Vendor technical management experience
• Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation

Skills

Passion for our mission and vision is required!

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 $121,023.00 - $169,432.20 CO applicants is $110,938.00 - $155,312.85 WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

Not specified