Payload Integration Engineer II (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Blue Origin•Reston, VA

About The Position

This role is part of Blue National Security (BNS), which designs, develops, and delivers launch and spacecraft systems for national security missions. The Payload Integration Engineer II works across the Payload Accommodation subsystem to support integrated solutions and serves as a customer-facing technical advocate for one or more payloads throughout their lifecycle, from contract execution through payload integration and launch. The position applies customer management skills and systems engineering practices across technical subject areas. It supports requirements analysis and traceability, functional and systems analysis, safety analysis, technical performance monitoring, specialty engineering strategies—including operability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability—and system product lifecycle processes. The engineer also helps develop systems engineering processes and tools, encourages consistent implementation, and works with multidisciplinary teams to develop technical system solutions. The role is based in a hardware-rich prototyping environment and includes travel of up to 15%. Relocation is provided.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering, or Physics.
At least 2 years of proven experience in systems engineering principles and execution.
Experience in one or more of the following areas: payload accommodation; spacecraft design, development, integration, and testing; or launch vehicles.
Experience with project or program management.
Ability to work in a highly dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Strategic systems thinking, excellent written and oral communication, and a proactive approach to moving programs forward through team collaboration and timely decisions.
Ability to earn trust and maintain positive, professional relationships.
Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies.
Active Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance with Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) and polygraph.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

M.S. degree in a relevant technical field.
At least 5 years of experience.
Expertise in payload accommodation or system development/integration.
Experience in at least one of analysis, design, or integrated testing, and in launch vehicles.
Focused subject-area experience in fluids, thermal, propulsion, avionics, electrical hardware or software, telemetry/communications, structures, ground operations, or flight/ground autonomy.
Experience with reliability, maintainability, and operability analysis and execution; system safety; and testing.
Experience verifying requirements using tools such as DOORS Next Generation, system lifecycle configuration management tools, and other functional analysis toolsets.
Knowledge of system design and analysis and their relationship to flight- and ground-level element design, as well as component specification development.
Familiarity with the entire product lifecycle, including ground equipment and operations, manufacturing, and ISC considerations.

Responsibilities

Serve as the customer-facing point of contact and technical advocate for one or more payloads throughout the payload lifecycle, from contract execution through integration and launch.
Support the development, allocation, and verification of requirements.
Assist with developing systems engineering processes and tools and ensure their consistent implementation.
Serve in a system integration capacity, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop technical system solutions.
Support requirements analysis and traceability, functional analysis, systems analysis, safety analysis, and technical performance monitoring.
Support strategic approaches to specialty engineering, including operability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability.
Support system product lifecycle processes.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and 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.
Depending on role type and job level, potential eligibility for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions or company results; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.
Relocation provided.