Flight Autonomy Engineer III - Lunar
About The Position
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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a hardworking team of spacecraft development engineers, you develop and deliver on-board autonomy algorithms, control algorithms, and flight software. You will be responsible for the derivation and development of autonomy requirements, analysis, algorithms, flight software, integration, test, verification, and validation. In this role, you will use your experience in the implementation of on-board autonomy and mechanical, thermal, fluid, and gaseous control systems. 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!
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering
- Applied industry experience and/or M.S. or Ph.D. focused on development of spacecraft autonomy and controls
- Proven experience in modeling and simulation autonomy and controls operations
- Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals
- Experience in MATLAB and Simulink
- 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
Nice To Haves
- M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related technical field
- Experience in development and implementation of real-time embedded control solutions
- Experience in full lifecycle development of GN&C and/or Autonomy on spacecraft
- Experience developing embedded control systems for complex aerospace systems
- Experience designing, evaluating, and simulating state machines
- Experience in Stateflow
- Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
- Familiarity with DO-178, DO-160, and DO-254 or similar guidelines
Responsibilities
- Derive and develop autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, and performance metrics.
- Collaborate with GN&C and other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to support the development of low- and high-fidelity plant models.
- Build control code in Simulink to support autocoding to target.
- Support the development, and execution of simulations and tools required for verification of functionalities.
- Use MATLAB and Simulink to analyze, unit test, and verify control and autonomy algorithms.
- Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies to its requirements.
Benefits
- 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%
- 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
- up to 14 company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
