Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer - Blue Ring (Top Secret Clearance Required)

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

1d • $145,188 - $203,263

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! The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on addressing two of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering or equivalent technical field.
• Demonstrated understanding of systems engineering fundamentals and experience in multiple system lifecycle phases.
• Successful candidates in this role typically have XXX years of related experience in the design, development, and flight test of aerospace systems, preferably spacecraft.
• Experience developing an integrated system with depth in one or more spacecraft subsystems, and/or system design and integration.
• Experience in definition of space system requirements and concept definitions that span a broad range of mission objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Active US Government TS/SCI clearance

Nice To Haves

• M.S. degree in a relevant technical field
• Domain experience with spacecraft system and subsystem functions, interfaces, and communication protocols (i.e. serial, 1553, Ethernet, embedded software, etc.).
• Experience using hardware or software testbeds and lab environments for software and system verification.
• Proficiency in the spaceflight systems certification process.
• Expertise in deriving and allocating system-level requirements.
• Familiarity with collaboration tools like Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience and familiarity with flight software desired

Responsibilities

• Offer spacecraft expertise and leadership, guiding the systems engineering team both hands-on and as a mentor.
• Work with the program’s Lead Systems Engineer to ensure compliance with design standards, processes, and general best practices.
• Apply a variety of technical principles and tools in Systems Engineering such as CONOPs development, requirements definition and analysis, and interface definition.
• Decompose high-level requirements into lower-level system architecture, system design requirements, and functional block diagrams.
• Work with subsystems to ensure proper requirements definition, verification and validation plans, consistency with system and mission objectives
• Oversee verification and validation strategies, plans and processes to ensure software and hardware components, and the integrated spacecraft subsystems will meet system requirements and mission goals.
• Create and oversee the execution of test plans, procedures and generation of results reports.
• Work with the flight software team to resolve implementation issues, review the software development processes, link their development to L3 and L4 requirements and needed functional behaviors.
• Support and collaborate with the Assembly, Integration and Test team in developing test procedures and scripts.
• Support integration activities “on the floor” in the spacecraft assembly facility.
• Drive process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency

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%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level