Blue Origin

Senior Systems Engineer, Configuration & CAD Design

Blue Origin$145K — $203K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related area
  • 10+ years of related experience
  • Proven configuration control experience from design to test
  • Strong social skills in a cross-functional team environment
  • Expertise in 3-D CAD software, particularly Creo Pro/E
  • Experience with complex component packaging
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic work environment

Responsibilities

  • Integrate structural, mechanical, fluids, and avionics subsystems
  • Manage interface definitions and support design reviews
  • Assess designs for manufacturability and cost optimization
  • Develop system requirements and verification plans
  • Conduct configuration reviews for module and subsystem interfaces
  • Lead integration priorities among engineering teams
  • Manage change through comprehensive cross-functional communication
  • Oversee vehicle CAD model management and standards adherence

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance options
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k) with company match up to 5%
  • Stock options for regular employees
  • Up to four weeks paid time off and 14 holidays
  • Education support program
Full Job Description
Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for the configuration of a Reentry System. As an Aerospace Systems Engineer, you will have a direct impact on the design and operation of future Blue Origin missions. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the overall physical integration and packaging of the structural, mechanical, fluids and avionics subsystems within the integrated vehicle
  • Create and manage interface definitions between subsystems with appropriate control documents and ensure that the configuration supports major design reviews and program milestones
  • Continually assess design for integrated manufacturing, assembly, test and operations and drive design to optimize for manufacturability, quality, and cost
  • Support development of system requirements, flow down, and verification planning
  • Coordinate regular configuration reviews to address module level interfaces, subsystem functionality, assembly, and operations
  • Lead inter-module development priorities and expectations as resolution of integration issues between lead engineers and their respective teams
  • Coordinate the cross-functional change management process, facilitating design reviews and ensuring communication between all groups affected by the change
  • Management of the Vehicle CAD models, including making sure top-down design principles, maintaining the CAD structure, and exporting CAD models
  • Ensure the team adheres to the configuration management best practices as well as Blue Origin configuration management standards


Qualifications:

  • B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related subject area
  • Successful candidates in this role typically have 10+ years of related experience
  • Proven configuration control experience on recently developed products from early trade studies through final design, manufacturing, and test
  • Strong social skills and experience working in a highly integrated cross-functional team environment
  • Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software and experience with large assembly management (Creo Pro/E preferred)
  • Experience with component packaging of highly integrated and complex products
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
  • 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 (but not required):

  • Experience designing and developing flight proven spacecraft hardware
  • 10+ years of professional experience developing integrated systems
  • Strong knowledge of GD&T practices with tolerance stack-up analysis


Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past 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.

Base Pay Range for:
CA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits
  • 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.


About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
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3,000 employees
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Founded
2000

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