Overview
Inspector – NDT, Level III or IV
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 diverse and hardworking team experts, you will perform multiple Nondestructive Testing (NDT) methods for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of assuring part integrity, quality and life span. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.
Additional responsibilities include:
Under the direction of Production Management, perform a variety of duties involving NDT methods.
Establish and maintain techniques to properly examine hardware, ensuring adherence to all safety and specification requirements
Interpret inspection results and apply acceptance criteria identified on drawing or shop work order
Perform all necessary daily, weekly, monthly process control checks
Documentation and organization of inspection results
Interface/communicate with employees to describe inspection results
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!
Qualifications:
Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
Documented proof of training and experience necessary to certify as Level II in at least two volumetric and one surface NDT inspection method, or combination thereof, per NAS-410 Rev 4 requirements
Experience with and ability to operate digital and analog test equipment.
Ability to read and understand electronic blueprints and schematic diagrams.
Experience with AS9100 certification
Experience with MS Office products is required.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
Knowledge of industry NDT standards (ex. NAS410, ASTM E164, ASTM 1742, ASTM 1417, AMS-STD-2154, etc…) is requisite
8+ years NDT experience relevant to the stated qualifications is required.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
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.
Desired:
Certified Level II or substantive experience in Ultrasonics (UT), Penetrant (PT), Eddy Current (ET), Thermography (IR), Shearography (ST), and Digital Radiography (RT)
Current AWS Certified Welding Inspector Certification
Friction Stir Weld (FSW) volumetric inspection experience.
Composite inspection experience.
Automated data acquisition/robotic collection experience.
Experience with PAUT and post process analysis software
Knowledge of robotic inspection and data acquisition in a 3d software environment
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. 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 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.
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