Civil Engineer: Future Launch Sites & Site Development

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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! 

Blue Origin is building the next generation of orbital launch infrastructure, and we need someone who wants to help us figure out where we build next, and then help us build it. This is a civil engineering role for someone who's energized by the messy, ambiguous, high-stakes work at the front end of new launch sites: site identification, due diligence, conceptual design, environmental and permitting strategy, and then carrying it through design development into the field.

You'll work on launch pads that don't exist yet. You'll walk candidate sites, build the early site concepts, shape what gets permitted and how, and drive design from blank-page to broken-ground. This is not a maintenance seat or a back-office reviewer role. It's a "go figure it out, then make it real" seat.

We're looking for someone who:

• Wants extreme ownership of their work

• Treats every site walk as a chance to learn something the desk version can't show you

• Is comfortable making decisions with incomplete information, then refining as the picture clears

• Likes hard problems that don't come with instructions on how to solve

• Support site identification and due diligence for future Blue Origin launch sites, including walking candidate sites, evaluating constraints (geotechnical, hydrology, flood, environmental, utilities, access), and building the case for or against

• Lead civil planning and conceptual site design for new launch pads. Translate program-level requirements into site layouts, grading, drainage, utility corridors, roadways, and infrastructure that talks to facilities and ground systems

• Drive coordination with A/E firms and contractors through design development and execution. Act as the owner's rep, hold them to design intent, resolve cross-discipline conflicts in real time

• Support environmental planning and regulatory compliance: NEPA Environmental Assessments, environmental surveys, impact analyses, agency coordination (Space Force, NASA, FAA, state/local jurisdictions)

• Review design documents, drawings, and 3D models for conformance to operational requirements and design intent. Push back when something doesn't add up

• Help develop statements of work and technical scope for civil design and planning activities

• Use BIM workflows to keep multi-disciplinary site and facility design coordinated

• Identify project risks early, surface them, and help close them out

• Be in the field as often as the work demands: site walks, construction observation, conflict resolution

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline

• 1+ years of professional experience in civil engineering design, analysis, or drafting (site development, grading, drainage, utilities)

• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D

• Willingness to travel to candidate and active sites: frequent day trips and the occasional longer stint

• Strong communication: written, verbal, and the kind where you have to talk an A/E or contractor off a bad design decision without burning the relationship

• Comfortable rapidly changing roles and priorities in a high-paced, ambiguous environment

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder)

• Ability to obtain and maintain badging at government installations (Cape Canaveral SFS, KSC)

• Ability to perform hands-on field work in heat, cold, rain, tight quarters, or at heights

• 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.

• EIT certificate or Professional Engineer (PE) license, or actively pursuing

• Experience with site development for aerospace, industrial, defense, or other heavy infrastructure projects

• Working knowledge of adjacent disciplines (electrical, geotechnical, structural, surveying, piping) sufficient to spot when something doesn't add up at the interface

• BIM software fluency (Autodesk BIM 360 / Construction Cloud, Navisworks, Revit)

• Hydraulic/hydrologic modeling (ICPR, WaterGEMS, or similar)

• Background in coastal engineering or Florida-specific environmental regulations

• Experience supporting NEPA and environmental regulatory research, preparation, and reporting

• Experience with design-build project delivery and managing competitive bid processes

• Familiarity with permitting and land-use coordination with government agencies (state, federal, military)

• Experience with project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling, both day-to-day and full construction management

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.