Additive Applications Engineer II
Company
Blue Origin was founded with a vision to enable a future where millions of people are living and working in space to benefit Earth. In order to preserve Earth, Blue Origin believes in the need to enable humanity to expand, explore, find new energy and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space. Blue Origin believes it has an important role in building a road to space and lowering the cost of getting there. At Blue Origin, we’re working on this today by developing fully reusable launch vehicles and systems that are safe, reliable and affordable. Every launch vehicle is designed for human spaceflight from the beginning and able to ferry payloads to space.
Mission
- Own the development of Additively Manufactured (AM) components from concept to production using Laser Powder Bed (LPB) printing.
- Work to define and deliver production print models using state of the art software tools, configuration controlled process, and design for AM.
- Demonstrate machine specific workflows and software packages to improve additive designs.
- Participate in company process definition, documentation, and improvement teams for manufacturing processes, business processes, production planning, lessons learned, and other standards/processes as needed.
- Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the full process from print to delivery.
- Closely manage cost, quality, build sequence, and schedule of hardware throughout the entire manufacturing process.
- Perform root cause analyses when non-conformances and escapes are identified and deploy corrective actions.
- Ability to support operations onsite in Kent, Washington and during off hours (if required) via phone or online tools
Profile
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or higher in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or related field
- 3+ years in aerospace or similar industries
- Exposure to and understanding of laser powder bed fusion printing or similar
Must Be Physically Able To
- Support production floor activities onsite to keep parts flowing.
- Ability to support onsite in in Kent
- Support off hours for production if required
Desired
- Advanced degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
- Aerospace and rocket engine development experiences.
- Strong solid understanding of engineering concepts and design for manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience with CAD design (Creo), support design (Magics), and simulation packages (MSC, ANSYS).
- Proven experience developing and printing LPB hardware.
- Experience with generating work instructions to build complex assemblies
- Experience creating, developing, and maturing processes to production readiness level
- 2+ years of experience working in metallic additive manufacturing and design.
- Solid understanding of design for additive manufacturing and support strategies.
Compensation Range For WA applicants is $99,201.00 – $138,880.35
