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 goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

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
• Lead the development and testing campaign of new materials or stacks as appropriate to meet thermal and mechanical requirements
• 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 trade-offs
• Document design and analysis results and present at program gated reviews
• Communicate progress to leadership team via; program management reviews weekly/monthly, finance reviews, long term forecasting business plan, and project deep dives

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 7+ years relevant Thermal Engineering experience
• Solid understanding of thermal fundamentals
• Familiarity with common materials used in thermal protection systems
• Demonstrated experience building and testing hardware in extreme environments
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Desired: M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 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
• Familiarity with DOE and testing procedures

Pay

Base Pay Range For CA applicants is $130,706.00 - $182,987.70 CO applicants is $119,814.00 - $167,738.55 WA applicants is $130,706.00 - $182,987.70 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.