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Blue Origin

Composites Aerospace Technician III

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Blue Origin

US · Full-time · $85,000 – $115,000

About this role

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. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of technicians, you will assist with the setup of production work areas, including layouts, tooling, and equipment for spaceflight systems. You will manufacture, assemble, and test structural flight hardware assemblies according to written procedures, engineering models, drawings, and specifications. Operate various material handling equipment including forklifts, overhead cranes, and aerial lifts.

Set up and operate precision calibrated tools such as torque wrenches, micrometers, calipers, laser trackers, height gauges, and optical measuring instruments. Perform second-party verifications and hardware inspections of engineering models, drawings, specifications, and written procedures. We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers relentlessly committed to a culture of safety.

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. 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.

Requirements

  • Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space
  • High School diploma or GED
  • Minimum of 8 years’ experience in aerospace manufacturing, integration, or other relevant field
  • Expertise in one or more of the following: automated fiber placement (AFP) and tape laying (ATL), lamination, large out-of-autoclave (OoA) oven curing
  • Experience operating precision calibrated tools including torque wrenches, micrometers, calipers, laser trackers, height gauges, and optical measuring instruments
  • Ability to perform second-party verifications and hardware inspections

Responsibilities

  • Perform composite layup utilizing automated and hand layup techniques
  • Operate or support large specialized equipment such as Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machines, large ovens, robotic inspection, or trim and drill equipment
  • Composite and metallic trimming/routing, bonding, drilling, deburring, fastening, assembly, integration and mating
  • Operate or support crane lifts, scissor and boom lifts, forklifts, and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV)
  • Adhesive bonding, surface preparation, fixturing, and bagging of large composite structures for oven-curing
  • Composites structural repair, including scarf sanding
  • Clean, reseal, and/or prepare layup mold tools using the appropriate release systems
  • Utilize manual, electric & pneumatic tools to fabricate and/or maintain composite structures, molds, handling fixtures, and tooling