Systems Engineer III - New Shepard

Blue Origin • Seattle, WA

115d • $117,498 - $164,497

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 New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line - the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space. As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will be part of integrating the design, development, test, build, and operation of various spaceflight systems for New Shepard. You will ensure that we achieve our goals by applying and growing your systems engineering skills to directly impact the development and expansion of the system. You will be involved in all phases of the product development cycle and work closely with Lead System Engineers, System Architects, technical and nontechnical stakeholders. 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

• B.S. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics.
• 5+ years of proven system development and integration experience - preferably within the aerospace industry or working directly with safety critical systems.
• Industry practice in Systems Engineering tools and processes.
• Insatiable curiosity with a desire to navigate ambiguity and tackle complex challenges.
• Self-directed and capable of balancing several tasks at one time.
• Proven ability to work effectively and collaborate in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment.
• Travel expected up to 10% of the time.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• 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

• Successful candidates will typically have 5-10 years of aerospace engineering experience.
• Experience in design, analysis, test, operation, and/or certification of aerospace safety critical systems.
• Experience supporting a project throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle.
• Experience with software tools such as DOORS, MATLAB/Simulink, Confluence, JIRA, Git, Creo, and Windchill.
• Experience in reliability, maintainability and supportability definition and execution.
• System Safety analysis experience including but not limited to FMECAs, FTAs, and FHAs.
• Basic project management skills including labor estimating and schedule management.
• Advanced technical degrees.

Responsibilities

• Utilization of Systems Engineering, PLM, and collaboration tools such as DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, Windchill, Creo, and SharePoint.
• Support a broad team by leading the creation of and/or modification of analytical models.
• Perform complex integrated analysis for the New Shepard Program.
• Provide engineering support and technical ownership for developing concept of operations, requirements, functional decomposition, system verification, validation, integration, test, and operation.
• Apply technical knowledge with systems engineering principles, theories, and techniques to advance the program.
• Establish product and processes metrics that optimally measure and improve performance of supporting systems.
• Identify and fix gaps in existing process, tools, infrastructure, and continually improve solutions along the way.
• Working directly with lead systems engineers and technical program managers to plan and prioritize work assignments.
• Act as the systems engineering liaison for the project team, advancing issues where necessary.
• Supporting problem report and root cause investigations and dispositions.
• Support design and configuration leads by conducting change impact analyses.
• Develop system safety analyses and products such as FMECAs, FTAs, and FHAs.
• Support launch operations and mission readiness for the human-rated New Shepard vehicles.
• Support and lead design and operational gated reviews.

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.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Discretionary bonus designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees