Aerospace Systems Engineer II - Blue Ring Space Vehicle Requirements & Verification Architect

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

4d•$90,934 - $138,880

About The Position

The Space Vehicle Requirements & Verification Architect works within Blue Ring Systems Engineering, Integration & Test, defining, capturing, and managing mission-specific system requirements and verification artifacts. The role collaborates with systems, software, hardware, and integration and test engineers to establish verification and validation plans and strategies for Blue Ring spacecraft missions and customer needs. It reports to the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Requirements, Verification & Architecture Director for the space mobility product line. The position operates at spacecraft mission and system level, focusing on system verification for Blue Ring architectural product line variants and covering spacecraft bus, ground system, payload requirements, and interfaces in a model-based environment. It ensures verification data is generated and aggregated across spacecraft bus, payload, ground system, and launch vehicle integration, culminating in a qualified system ready for launch. The role starts with a first-of-its-kind vehicle and a new customer mission, and grows with the product line across multiple missions and objectives. Relocation is provided, and travel of 10–15% is required.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or software engineering, or an equivalent technical field.
Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS or Jama.
At least 5 years of space system development or test engineering experience.
At least 2 years of spacecraft verification experience.
Demonstrated experience with requirements definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation.
Experience creating requirement verification reports and rolling up lower-level requirement verification to system-level selloff.
Experience across the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the Systems Engineering V.
Proven problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance.

Nice To Haves

Spacecraft operations and command-and-control system experience, including familiarity with spacecraft and ground-system interfaces and/or spacecraft communications uplink and downlink technologies.
Spaceflight and mission operations experience, including CONOPs development.
Product-line engineering experience.
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering.
Familiarity with system modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw, or Rhapsody.
Software or scripting-language experience.
Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
Familiarity with formal risk and opportunity management processes.
Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

Lead mission requirements and verification for a critical Blue Ring customer mission, including requirement decomposition, derivation, and allocation.
Collaborate with mission lead systems engineers and spacecraft systems, flight software, payload and mission integration, and ground systems teams to define system and mission verification plans across customers and missions.
Analyze unique customer and mission requirements and verification needs in collaboration with internal and external customers, including government agencies and contractors.
Develop and manage requirements and verification modules, including internal and external interfaces, with accurate flow-down and traceability.
Define relationships and traceability among requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, interface control documents, program plans, and technical performance measures.
Establish system-requirement verification approaches and plans, and identify integration and test activities needed for requirements selloff.
Coordinate across organizational boundaries to acquire verification data demonstrating compliance with system requirements.
Perform compliance and traceability assessments and communicate metrics and issues to program leadership and stakeholders.
Create and own system-level spacecraft verification plans and execution.
Support launch-site system testing, including payload and launch-vehicle integration.
Develop product-line verification plans and roll-up deliverables.
Deliver verification reports that demonstrate launch and operational readiness.
Ensure payload interface requirements are met and the spacecraft is ready for countdown.
Verify end-to-end system functionality, including ground-system compatibility.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability insurance
401(k) with company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Some employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on role type, job level, individual contributions, company results, or other factors; eligibility and amounts are not guaranteed.