Senior Spacecraft Thermal Engineer (MLI)

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

Special Mentions:

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time
• Active or ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance w/ poly required

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the design, drawing release, fabrication and/or procurement, and installation of Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) blankets for LEO, GEO, and interplanetary spacecraft and spacecraft payloads
• Lead the establishment of a low-rate production MLI work center at the Blue Ring AI&T facility
• Support existing Assembly, Integration & Test (AI&T) coordination efforts through managing MLI design, fabrication & installation schedules and budgets
• Provide general onsite Thermal Responsible Engineer (RE) support for spacecraft thermal installation components & processes (heaters, sensors, radiators, thermal interface materials, etc.)
• Support the development of thermal designs, thermal system modeling, component sizing, and component design.
• Perform steady state & transient thermal analysis of spacecraft thermal systems as well as tracking of system performance in ground ops, TVAC testing, launch, Earth orbit, and beyond Earth orbit environments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Proven understanding of thermal physics fundamentals.
• Proficiency in spacecraft MLI design, fabrication and installation.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in design, analysis, and test of spacecraft thermal systems, with particular emphasis on MLI design, fabrication and installation processes.
• Hands-on experience with spacecraft thermal hardware installation processes
• 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.
• Experience in design, analysis, and testing of spacecraft thermal systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in analysis application.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C/C++,etc).
• Thermal analysis, specifically in Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
• Ability to perform trade studies relating to selection of material and subsystem hardware.
• Ability to perform hand calculations to screen concepts without detailed modeling and to sanity check finite element model results.
• Ability to develop vehicle-level thermal models using SINDA/FLUINT with Thermal Desktop.
• Ability to provide thermal engineering support for the development of thermal vacuum (TVAC) test procedures, scripts and installation designs.
• Ability to provide thermal engineering support for thermal hardware design, documentation (drawings and model based designs), procurement, planning, procedural & operations support of Spacecraft assembly, integration & test (AI&T) efforts.
• Support existing & development of thermal data analytics architecture (GitLab or similar)
• Depth of experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Thermal Vacuum test planning and execution
  • Spacecraft/payload thermal analysis
  • Active or Passive Thermal Control Systems
  • Spacecraft Thermal hardware testing
  • Thermal hardware such as radiators, heaters, thermostats, pumps, valves, sensors, thermostats, heat pipes, ablative materials, sublimators, and/or phase change materials
  • Thermal design of Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
  • Spacecraft Thermal system on-orbit operations support

Culture Statement

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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Benefits

• Benefits include: 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%, and an Education Support Program.

• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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