Blue Origin · 5 hours ago
Aerospace Systems Engineer III
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$121K/yr - $169K/yr
5+ years expBlue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. The Aerospace Systems Engineer III will support the development and operations of the New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle, focusing on system integration and problem resolution to enhance mission readiness.
National DefenseAerospaceManufacturingRenewable EnergyNational Security
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond
Work on launch vehicles, space vehicles and launch facility systems for the New Glenn Program, with a focus on system integration
Support integrated solutions to achieve our vision of 'millions of people living and working in space'
Carry out systems engineering activities in accordance with system engineering standards and practices, to continuously improve the path to launch
Provide direct support to our Mission Integration team through problem resolution and overall product/process improvements
Participate in mission readiness reviews
Identify, analyze, and resolve system discrepancies
Support the New Glenn manifest
Develop solutions to cross-discipline design changes or discrepancies
Develop strategies and approaches for specialty engineering (operability, reliability, maintainability, supportability) integration, analysis, verification, and validation
Qualification
Required
B.S. degree in engineering
Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies
Minimum 5-8 years of current technical hands-on experience in at least one of the below areas: Analysis, Design, Integrated Testing, Systems Engineering
Current technical hands-on experience in at least one of the following focused discipline areas: Fluids, Thermal, Propulsion, Avionics or electrical hardware and/or software, Structures, Ground Operations, Flight and/or Ground Autonomy, System Software Integration
Comfortable working in the Atlassian Suite of tools (i.e. Jira, Confluence)
Preferred
System development/integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware
Experience with systems engineering tools such as DOORS Next Gen
Experience in test, verification, and validation planning and execution
Experience in reliability, maintainability and operability analysis and execution
Operational Aerospace Program Experience
Launch vehicle experience
Active DoD Security Clearance (TS SCI)
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
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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