Thermal Systems Engineer II - Lunar Permanence

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

• Ownership of thermal subsystem artifacts such as the master equipment list, and other documents
• Ensuring alignment and synchronization of thermal subsystem design data with interfacing subsystems such as Electrical Power, Liquids, Gas and GNC
• Documenting and automating processes for updating interface control data across subsystems
• Reviewing system level CONOPS information and distilling into useable datasets for consumption by the thermal analysis team
• Collecting and documenting hardware temperature limits for hardware across the vehicle

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable disciplines
• Demonstrated understanding of aerospace design, development and verification processes
• Understanding of spacecraft thermal design concepts and thermal control techniques
• 2 years of experience in relevant industry role(s)
• Demonstrated ability to drive solutions and overcome challenges and obstacles encountered during the execution of assigned tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable disciplines
• 4 years of experience in relevant industry role(s)
• High level communication and organizational skills
• Demonstrated experience working interface control
• Demonstrated experience with spacecraft thermal control hardware design and development

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

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.