Sr Mechanisms Design Engineer, Docking Systems

This individual will use their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Permanence system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

This opportunity will report to the Docking Mechanisms Subsystem inside of the Lunar Permanence business unit. As part of a growing, hardworking, and curious team of design engineers, you’ll be deployed to programs that shape the future of Blue Origin. Your skill in the design and analysis of spacecraft mechanisms as well as your ability to deliver safe, reliable, ready to install hardware that meets requirements, while doing so within theallocatedcost and schedule requirements, will lead to a rewarding career with Blue Origin.

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 Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Design and development of safety critical mechanical components and systems for pressurized docking mechanisms.
• Coach, mentor, and technically assist junior engineers.
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight hardware, including conceptual and detailed design, trade studies, structural analysis, development testing, and qualification.Generate component drawings, assembly drawings, and interface control documents with application of GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Create documentation for assembly and testing of development and flight hardware.Participate in subsystem level testing including planning, execution, data reduction and analysis.Develop component specifications and manage suppliers.
• Leverage experience and engineering judgement to quickly design and produce non-flight, proof of concept hardware for fast-moving research and development projectsParticipate in a small, agile team to create and adapt to frequently shifting priorities, 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.

Background Check

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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• 10+ years of experience
• Recent experience designing aerospace or equivalent type mechanical system elements within aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicles
• Strong mechanical design, integration, and mechanism analysis skills using 3D modeling and simulation tools (CREO preferred).
• Experience with GD&T analysis (ASME Y14.5) and performing tolerance stacks
• Knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, integration, and qualification testing
• Proficient in technical writing, communicating sophisticated ideas clearly and concisely
• Experience specifying and justifying margins and test sequences for aerospace systems
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships., * Recent experience with spacecraft docking systems design, analysis, test, qualification, and production
• Familiarity with docking system standards, such as the International Docking System Standard (IDSS) and Gateway Docking System Standard (GDSS).
• Deep knowledge of aerospace mechanisms design practices & standards including applicable NASA specifications such as NASA-STD-5017.
• Fluency in mechanisms avionics interfaces and control logic
• Background including mechanical finite element analysis statics and dynamics
• Experience with thermal design of spacecraft structures & mechanisms

$133,500.00-$203,263.20 life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), stock options United States, Florida, Merritt Island 8082 Space Commerce Way (Show on map) Aug 17, 2026

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., CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95 WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20, * Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company’s intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company’s results, or other factors at the company’s sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.