
Welding Engineer - Materials & Process - Lunar Permanance
Blue Origin · Space Coast, FL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Blue Origin (aerospace & defense) in Space Coast, FL. Develop and qualify fusion and solid state welding processes for lunar hardware applications.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- SPC, Welding
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How this role compares
Against 22 other live process postings in Florida.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $115k–$140k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 48%
- Lean 43%
- Six Sigma 30%
- New product launch 30%
- Tooling 30%
- ✓ SPC 26%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Welding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Blue Origin in Space Coast
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Full description from Blue OriginAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Develop and qualify fusion and solid state welding processes for lunar hardware applications.
- ◆Work with multi-functional teams that are responsible for selecting materials, manufacturing processes, and suppliers to produce world class aerospace hardware
- ◆Collaborate closely with design, manufacturing and quality to define material
requirements
and successfully implement production solutions
- ✓Develop and define internal engineering and quality processes to standardize and accelerate material evaluation and implementation
- ✓Ensure M&P design
requirements
are met through the review and refinement of part designs, drawings and manufacturing controls
- ✓Support production welding including MRB, and similar non-conformance dispositions.
- ✓Ability to travel (
Qualifications
- ✓B.S. degree or higher in aerospace engineering, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, welding engineering, or related field
- ✓5+ years experience in materials engineering or a related field.
- ✓Experience with fusion (VPPA, GTAW, E-beam, etc) and solid state welding processes.
- ✓Experience with welding aluminum, titanium, and/or nickel alloys.
- ✓Experience supporting design and manufacturing teams in an aerospace environment, including preparing specifications, test reports, and design substantiation documentation
- ✓Familiarity with nondestructive inspections (visual, dye penetrant, eddy current, radiography, ultrasonic, and computer tomography) and destructive testing (tensile, shear, fracture toughness, crack growth, fatigue)
- ✓Experience with welding standards (i.e., AWS, ASME, MIL, etc)
- ✓Experience interacting with aerospace suppliers, including on-site engineering audits, technical interchanges, supplier
qualifications
and statistical process controls.
- ✓Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and handle small and large projects with a diversity of customers.
- ✓Experience interpreting, meeting and verifying internal and external regulatory
requirements
against an engineered product.
- ✓Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder)
- ✓Final role level based on overall experience.
requirements
for undefined material forms and processes
- ✓Demonstrated domain expertise in aerospace structural metals and/or welding processes.
- ✓Experience with statistical treatment of test data and the generation of design values
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.
Export Control Regulations
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.
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Application close date
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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.
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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s lunar landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.
We are looking talented M&P Engineers to join our growing Lunar Permanence team and build a strong M&P Engineering division dedicated to safely and successfully delivering the Lunar objectives at Blue Origin. You will share in the team’s impact from the design phase through manufacturing and processing to meet spacecraft requirements. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.
Desired
- +M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace, materials science, mechanical, manufacturing, welding or related engineering field
- +Familiarity with NASA standards (i.e., NASA-STD-5009, NASA-STD-6016, MSFC-SPEC-3679) Ability to develop engineering
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
- •Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additiona
