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Blue Origin, LLC Valve Design Lead Principle Engineer - Lunar Permanence in Denver, Colorado
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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
This role is part of the Lunar Transportation business unit, which develops Blue Origin's multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.
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 dedication 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. We are looking for a Valve Design Lead Principal on Lunar Transportation.You will provide technical leadership to a team tasked to develop, build, test and deliver high performing valves in a Lunar Fluid System. We will work on the complete life cycle of the system from definition, interfaces, conceptual design, detailed design, component development, assembly, verification, and operation. As part of your role, you will mentor & train other team members on a growing team. You will become an expert in the valves from raw materials through operational life on a human rated lunar systems. Your knowledge will help you to generate clean sheet valve design options, lead trade studies, surface opportunities and risks, and chart an iterative path to an optimized valve design that will be crucial to this and future generations of spaceflight.
Bring your technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Qualifications:
B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical subject area
15+ years of experience in fluids and mechanical systems/components
Experience with valve design, GD&T, DFMA
Experience developing, integrating, and certifying aerospace hardware for flight
Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership of a team
Basic cost, schedule, resource, and scope management skills
Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of... For full info follow application link.
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