Senior Technical Designer

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. Engineered with a reusable first stage and a seven-meter payload fairing, New Glenn is building the road to space.

A Senior Technical Designer joins their design expertise with company, industry, and governmental standards to develop and maintain system and component designs. They own initial preparation and organisational change of engineering drawings, and they support related documents/data. They use CAD and PLM tools to manage data and serve as experts in use of those tools in our environment, supporting fellow technical designers and engineers. A Senior Technical Designer supports engineering system design and functional validation activities when vital.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Create CAD models and drawings of designs. Maintain design quality and data integrity through PLM system actions.
• Perform design and maintenance of umbilicals product definition by preparing design layouts and drawings, modifying existing designs, and resolving design discrepancies.
• Apply company and industry design techniques to plan, lay-out, and maintain data depicting engineering designs - including detail, assembly and installation drawings or datasets.
• Support fabrication, installation, and commissioning of new or modified systems at any Blue Origin site, when necessary. Provide guidance on schedule and technical requirements to internal customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 7 years proven experience plus formal training in 3D computer design.
• Extensive experience with Creo and Windchill; expert user level at creating and maintaining bills of materials, mechanical product models/drawings, assembly models/drawings, and installation models/drawings.
• Experience with GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis on large-scale complex 3D aerospace products; familiar with ASME Y14.100 and ASME Y14.5.
• Knowledge of standard components, installation, and fabrication methods (eg, bolted joints, fits and clearances, sheet metal, machining, welding).
• Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Preferred Experience:

• Aerospace design experience or design experience in a similarly regulated industry.
• Creo experience and/or user certification. Windchill experience and/or user certification.
• Prior use of mechanical mechanism (kinematic), sheet metal, and/or fluid system design software.
• Experience with a PLM or PDM configuration and change control database.

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.

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• 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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Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here.

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