Flight Safety Compliance Engineer - New Glenn

BLUE ORIGIN•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$110,938 - $169,432

About The Position

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 small, passionate team, you will work on launch vehicles, space vehicles, and launch facility systems for New Glenn. This critical role supports regulatory compliance efforts on the NG program focused on flight safety with the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and flight safety approvals with the USSF Range Safety organization. You will provide leadership in achieving the required regulatory approvals for the New Glenn launch vehicle program. To be successful in this role, you will develop and maintain positive relationships across the New Glenn program and our US government partners at the US Space Force and NASA. You must be proactive in planning sophisticated products for flight safety in support of government certification requests. You will be in charge of conducting flight safety analysis studies including trajectory analysis, debris risk assessment, probability of failure modeling, and DFO/population risk evaluations—and generate clear, well-documented technical reports summarizing analysis results. Lastly, you must have the resourcefulness and flexibility to perform at a high-level in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and be an incredible team member!

Requirements

Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or an equivalent technical management field
Must have experience with flight safety analysis process, including best practices and state-of-the-industry tools
Must have exposure to technical subjects such as LOX/LNG explosive yield, distant-focusing overpressure, probability of failure, debris risk analysis, population modeling, etc.
Must understand the complex trade space between mission design and optimization parameters within allowable safety criteria
Experience with key regulatory requirements such as Part 450
Ability to work within a team environment
Excellent communication and coordination skills
Use excellent judgement and be comfortable making high-quality and high-velocity decisions
Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong track record of product ownership
Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
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

Responsibilities

Supports regulatory compliance efforts on the NG program focused on flight safety with the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation and flight safety approvals with the USSF Range Safety organization.
Provide leadership in achieving the required regulatory approvals for the New Glenn launch vehicle program.
Develop and maintain positive relationships across the New Glenn program and our US government partners at the US Space Force and NASA.
Proactively plan sophisticated products for flight safety in support of government certification requests.
Conduct flight safety analysis studies including trajectory analysis, debris risk assessment, probability of failure modeling, and DFO/population risk evaluations.
Generate clear, well-documented technical reports summarizing analysis results.