Blue Origin · 1 hour ago
Fluids Systems & Operations Engineer III - New Glenn Stage 2 & PA
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$121K/yr - $169K/yr
5+ years expBlue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable space vehicles and systems for the benefit of Earth. The Fluids Systems & Operations Engineer III role involves supporting the development and operations of the New Glenn launch vehicle, engaging in systems engineering activities, and ensuring safe handling and successful operation of subsystems.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support Vehicle and Ground System Project Leads by carrying out systems engineering activities in accordance with Blue Origin standards and practices
Build detailed CONOPS for pre-launch and flight operations
Requirements authoring, decomposition, analysis, traceability, and verification
Negotiate interfaces and coordinate between internal and external stakeholders
Develop and implement verification plans and strategies to complete verification of requirements
Define operational constraints for the end-to-end safe handling and successful operation of the subsystem
Support post flight data reviews and anomaly investigations
Collaborate with integrated test, launch operations, and autonomous flight operations customer teams to incorporate operational constraints into downstream procedures and flight plans
Provide real-time engineering anomaly resolution during integrated test and launch operations
Qualification
Required
Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering or other technical field
5+ years of current technical hands-on experience in: Fluids, Thermal, Propulsion, Cryogenics, Pneumatics
Technical hands-on experience in at least one of these areas: Analysis, Design, Testing, Launch operations
Hands-on experience in developing, authoring, and implementing integrated tests or operating launch vehicles
A passion for understanding the bigger picture
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively in teams as well as lead through influence
Experience in system engineering on launch vehicles, spacecraft, or in other highly regulated industries
Experience writing or consuming requirements
Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
Preferred
Launch vehicle controller (front room or engineering back room) experience
Experience with system safety
System integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware
Knowledge of current systems engineering processes and methodologies
Experience with DOORS Next Generation or equivalent requirements management software
Experience in reliability, maintainability and operability analysis and execution
Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
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.
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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