Blue Origin

Systems Engineer III

Blue Origin$110K — $155K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering or related technical field
  • Technical hands-on experience in Analysis, Design, or Testing
  • Passion for understanding the bigger picture
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Effective teamwork and ability to lead through influence
  • Experience in system engineering on launch vehicles or regulated industries
  • Proficient in writing or consuming requirements
  • Strong decision-making abilities in ambiguous environments
  • U.S. citizenship or relevant residency status required.

Responsibilities

  • Support Vehicle and Ground System Project Leads with systems engineering activities
  • Author, decompose, analyze, and verify requirements
  • Negotiate interfaces and coordinate between stakeholders
  • Develop and implement verification plans for requirements
  • Lead gated reviews for program and element levels
  • Maintain system safety documentation like FHAs and FTAs.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k) with a company match up to 5%
  • Stock options for regular employees
  • Paid Time Off: Up to 4 weeks per year plus 14 holidays
  • Education Support Program
  • Potential bonuses based on performance.
Full Job Description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers you will work on systems engineering for the New Glenn Payload Accommodations 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!

Special Mentions

  • Relocation provided
  • Travel expected up to 10% of the time
  • Interviews will include a technical assessment

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 internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop and implement verification plans and strategies to complete verification of requirements
  • Lead gated reviews and support New Glenn program and element level gated reviews.
  • 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
  • Experience in system engineering on launch vehicles, spacecraft, or in other highly regulated industries
  • Experience writing or consuming requirements
  • Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
  • 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

  • 8+ yearsof current technical hands-on experience in at least one focused subject area such as: Fluids, Thermal, Propulsion, Avionics, or Composite 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

Base Pay Range for:

CO applicants is $110,938.00 - $155,312.85 WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20

Other site ranges may differ


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 companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results, or other factors at the companys 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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Founded
2000

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