Network Engineer III

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

2d•$164,652 - $230,513

About The Position

The Network Engineer III is part of Blue Origin’s Engines business unit, which designs, develops, manufactures, and tests engines and propulsion systems. This role is on a small, high-impact team responsible for designing, deploying, and operating network and infrastructure solutions across test stands, integration labs, and control rooms. Working with minimal oversight, the engineer develops architectures for multi-site environments where operator, controls, and test traffic must be reliable, appropriately segmented, and remotely accessible. The role selects and integrates network hardware and supporting infrastructure, holds technical approval authority for its scope, and establishes standards, processes, and documentation as the ground segment grows. The role has an initial focus on deploying infrastructure in the R&D environment, including servers, data storage, displays, workstations, remote-access systems, and their interfaces with controls and instrumentation. It also covers physical infrastructure design, network security and segmentation, automation, technical leadership, troubleshooting, documentation, and field support for installation and commissioning. Relocation is provided, and travel of up to 25% is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in network engineering, network systems design, or network infrastructure.
Demonstrated ownership of network and infrastructure design, hardware selection, and deployment with minimal oversight.
Strong understanding of network protocols, architectures, and security frameworks.
Experience implementing and managing firewall policies, VLANs, ACLs, and network segmentation strategies.
Experience with network monitoring and management tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, or similar.
Hands-on experience with Ansible for network automation and configuration management.
Experience selecting and integrating network hardware and supporting infrastructure for mission-critical or operational environments.
Experience troubleshooting and leading root-cause investigations for complex network or communications failures.
Experience mentoring engineers and reviewing the technical work of others.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting technical rationale and risk trade-offs to leaders.
Proficiency using AI tools in an engineering workflow.
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

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience designing networks for test, lab, or industrial control environments.
Experience with OT/controls networking, such as industrial Ethernet, PLC or SCADA networks, or IEC 62443 segmentation concepts.
Experience with high availability and redundancy design, including spanning tree, LACP/port-channel, and failover configurations.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and network source-of-truth tools such as Netbox.
Experience designing multi-site connectivity, including VPN and WAN architectures.
Experience with time-sensitive or deterministic networking, such as TSN, and precision time distribution such as PTP.
Experience with control room, operator console, or data acquisition infrastructure.
Experience developing or owning engineering processes, configuration management, or quality systems.

Responsibilities

Own and design infrastructure supporting test stand, integration lab, and control room networks, with a primary focus on initial deployment in the R&D environment, including servers, data storage, displays, workstations, remote-access systems, and interfaces with controls and instrumentation.
Define network physical infrastructure, including rack layouts, cabling and fiber plant, power and grounding requirements, and environmental considerations, in coordination with facilities and electrical engineering.
Serve as technical lead for network and infrastructure scope, determine methods and procedures for new assignments, and make trade-offs among low-, medium-, and high-performance architecture choices.
Design and implement segmentation, VLANs, ACLs, and firewall policies to separate and protect operational, controls, and test networks.
Act as the prime technical contact for network and infrastructure scope with software, controls, test, operations, facilities, and external vendors; negotiate requirements, set technical direction, and align on solutions.
Lead troubleshooting, anomaly investigations, and root-cause analyses for network and communications failures, and own corrective-action plans through closure.
Provide input to and be accountable for schedule, budget, and milestones for network and infrastructure scope; communicate technical, cost, and schedule risks to program and technical leaders.
Develop and maintain automation for network provisioning, configuration, and compliance using tools such as Ansible.
Own process and standards improvements for network design, configuration management, and change control.
Author and maintain architecture diagrams, interface control documents, bills of materials, configuration baselines, and test plans, ensuring traceability and configuration control.
Champion and deploy AI-enabled engineering tools to improve analysis, documentation, and configuration efficiency across the team.
Provide field support for installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting at test sites.

Benefits

Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability.
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.
Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company intent, individual contributions, company results, or other factors.