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 toward 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 seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mockup Fabricator to join our Mockup and Prototype department. In this hands-on role, you will support the development of design concepts and mockups, testbeds, and prototypes of next-generation, design-forward spacecraft, and habitats. You will be required to maintain a safety-first mindset while setting up and executing mockups and prototypes. You will be responsible for independently fabricating and troubleshooting mockups and prototypes. The ideal candidate is fluent in multiple fabrication techniques, able to learn new ones appropriate to the fidelity required, and has a critical eye for details. The ability to turn conceptual designs into presentation-quality structures and spaces is critical. In addition, adapting to changing responsibilities is crucial in this role because of the demands of integrating a variety of mechanical systems.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities:
- Execute fabrication of mockups, testbeds, and prototypes
- Collaborate with clients to understand their requirements, fidelity levels, and schedules and ensure the design and build will meet the targets.
- Conduct build/flow development and trade studies to ensure the concepts can be manufactured within schedule and budget requirements.
- Identify roadmaps to drive the development to completion.
- Be scrappy and resourceful, finding creative solutions to problems even when resources are limited.
- Work closely with other departments, such as engineering and manufacturing, to ensure that designs are feasible and can be produced at scale.
Qualifications:
- Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
- 3-5+ years’ experience in fabrication /production of mockups and prototypes
- Demonstrated mechanical skills such as welding, milling, lathe, drilling, torquing, soldering, crimping, and tube flaring and bending
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with clients, team members, and other departments.
- Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings, blueprints, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and wiring schematics,
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
- Must be resourceful and able to find creative solutions to problems, even when resources are limited.
- Proven record in a wide variety of hardware fabrication including but not limited to machining, welding, assembly, bonding/adhesives, composite fab, test support, critical lifts
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent judgment with demonstrated ability to recognize, report, and correct issues
- Strong development background and experience working with limited instruction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every 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.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue 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.
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 Accommodation
Applicants 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
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Benefits
Employee 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
Discretionary bonus programs
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