Rocket Engine Non Destructive Test and Heat Treat Engineer- (Second Shift)

Company: BLUE ORIGIN
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

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.As part of a small, passionate team of experts, you will be responsible for the development, evaluation, improvement, and documentation of Heat Treatment processes at Blue Origin's Engine facility in Huntsville, Alabama. This is a 2nd shift support position for our Heat Treatment and NDT processing areas. You will work closely with production operators, quality technicians, and engineering counterparts on 1st shift to support processing hardware through these areas. You will coordinate efforts between peer Manufacturing Engineers, Design Engineers and Production team members, and you will share in the team's impact on all aspects of Blue Origin's ability to develop, test and fly rocket engines.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:

• Define, develop, implement and optimize Heat Treat processes of rocket engine components
• Develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods related to heat treatment, metallurgy and materials
• Lead team members in the operation and maintenance of vacuum furnaces, sub-systems and ancillary equipment
• Define and procure all tooling and fixtures
• Conduct PFMEA studies, mitigate risks and document work instructions
• Disposition non-conformances, drive root cause analysis and deploy corrective actions
• Summarize, document, and communicate testing results to stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with internal customers (M&P engineers, test technicians, manufacturing engineers, management and design/analysis engineers) to define requirements and align tools to meet company objectivesQualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering from a nationally accredited university
  • Minimum 1-3 years engineering experience with vacuum heat treat processes
  • Experience thermally processing aerospace materials such as stainless steel, copper, nickel and cobalt alloys, and titanium wrought alloys, casting, and additive manufacturing
  • Familiarity with heat treat and pyrometry standards (AMS2750, AMS2769 and AC7102)
  • Experience with crane lifts of high value hardware
  • Proven experience and successful track record developing/starting new processes
  • Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Minitab, Outlook, etc.)
  • Ability to develop processes compliant to industry quality systems such as AS9100
  • Flexibility with regards to occasional support of second shift
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusionExport Control RegulationsApplicants 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.Equal Employment OpportunityBlue 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. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.Affirmative Action and Disability AccommodationApplicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.BenefitsEmployee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays

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