Lunar Operations Mechanical Engineer

As part of a talented and hardworking team of engineers, you will partner with design engineering teams across structural, mechanical, fluids, ECLSS and thermal subsystems at Blue Origin Lunar Plant 1. You'll own assembly and test tooling and fixtures, and perform first-pass sizing analysis, with the tooling analyst owning final validation. You will work every day with design engineers, analysts, manufacturing engineers, technicians and quality, and you will be the person who makes designs buildable.

Responsibilities

• Own tooling design end to end: gather needs from production and design; build concepts and trades; carry each tool through review, release, fabrication, proof and first use. Examples include assembly and alignment fixtures, bonding and layup tools, drill and trim jigs, handling and lifting equipment, transport fixtures, inspection gauges and test fixtures.
• Support lander hardware design: build models, assemblies and drawings for structural, mechanical, fluids (tubing, brackets, routing), ECLSS and thermal hardware (MLI, heaters, thermal hardware installs) alongside the owning design engineers. Build and evaluate physical prototypes, conduct tests and compile performance data. Prepare technical reports, update bills of materials (BOMs) and maintain clear documentation for design changes.
• Produce release-quality CAD: 3D models, assemblies and drawings in Creo, managed in Windchill, with GD&T and tolerance stack-ups; keep models and BOMs clean through change.
• Design for build: choose materials, fasteners and processes that suit the shop and flight-hardware contact (cleanliness, outgassing, FOD); run DFx reviews on hardware designs.
• Close the loop with analysis: define loads and use cases, size parts with hand calcs, perform basic stress analyses and tolerance stack-ups, and update the design based on the analyst's results.
• Support production and suppliers: resolve design- and tooling-related NCs, write tooling specs, review vendor designs and accept delivered tools.

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