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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
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 hardworking team of engineers, specialists, and technicians, you will work on systems engineering for the New Glenn Upper Stage Program. You will develop, allocate, manage, and verify requirements and interfaces using tools like DOORS Next Generation and other functional analysis toolsets. Your activities may include engagement in conducting trade studies, developing margins for allocations, risk management, gated reviews, system safety analysis, technical performance management, configuration and data management, payload integration, and regulatory compliance. Our team is also responsible for verifying that our customers will have a phenomenal ride to space.
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:
Support Vehicle and Ground System Project Leads by carrying out systems engineering activities in accordance with Blue Origin standards and practices, engaging in tailoring required processes to complete tasks assigned including:
Requirements authoring, decomposition, analysis, traceability, and verification
Negotiate interfaces and coordinate between subsystems
Develop and implement verification plans and strategies to complete verification of requirements
Author and maintain system safety documentation such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA); Architecture Safety Assessments (ASA), Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECAs)
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering or other technical field
Technical hands-on experience in at least one of the areas: Analysis, Design, Testing
A passion for understanding the bigger picture
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively in teams as well as lead through influence
Some experience in system engineering practices formal or informal
Experience writing or consuming requirements
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of current technical hands-on experience in at least one focused subject area such as: Fluids, Thermal, Propulsion, Avionics, or Structures
Experience with system safety
System integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware
Knowledge of current systems engineering processes and methodologies
Experience with DOORS Next Generation
Experience in reliability, maintainability and operability analysis and execution
Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
Compensation range for on site CO applicants is $110,055-$154,077
Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $120,060-$168,084
Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $120,060-$168,084
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