Fluids Operations Integration & Systems Engineer III - New Glenn Stage 2
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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.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 supports 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. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.As part of a hardworking team of engineers, specialists, and technicians, you will work on systems engineering for the New Glenn Upper Stage and Payload Accommodations (GS2PA) Program. Your activities may include engagement in conducting trade studies, developing margins for allocations, risk management, gated reviews, system safety analysis, configuration and data management, and regulatory compliance. Our team is also responsible for verifying that our customers will have a phenomenal ride to space.
As an operations integrator, you will be the authority on all aspects of your subsystem, including CONOPS, functional architecture, components, software, and integrated interactions. You will follow the development component hardware, autonomous software, and integrated development testing, and will be accountable for feeding forward lessons learned into the integrated operation of your subsystem on the flight vehicle. You will collaborate with the stage-level Vehicle Operations Integration lead, and you will create a comprehensive set of constraints, alerts, and limits for the New Glenn integrated test and launch teams.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
- Support Vehicle and Ground System Project Leads by carrying out systems engineering activities in accordance with Blue Origin standards and practices
- Develop and implement verification plans and strategies to complete verification of requirements
- Requirements authoring, decomposition, analysis, traceability, and verification
- Negotiate interfaces and coordinate between internal and external customers
- Author operations documents that define product testing requirements, operations lifecycle, maintenance requirements, and critical performance/requirements interfaces across the system.
- Define operational constraints for the end-to-end safe handling and successful operation of the subsystem
- Develop, build, and maintain detailed CONOPS for pre-launch and flight operations
- 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 on-console engineering support for integrated tests, launch and recovery operations providing essential troubleshooting.
- Deep dive data and conduct post flight data reviews for the Fluids subsystem
- 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, Pneumatic systems
- 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
- Ability to operate effectively under time pressure with partially defined requirements and evolving criteria
- 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 and consuming requirements
- Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
- Launch vehicle controller (front room or engineering back room) experience
- Experience with system safety products and processes
- Systems engineering and 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
Base Pay Range for:
CO applicants is $110,938.00 - $155,312.85 WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20Don’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.
Description
- 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, Pneumatic systems
- 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
- Ability to operate effectively under time pressure with partially defined requirements and evolving criteria
- 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 and consuming requirements
- Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
Base Pay Range for
CO applicants is $110,938.00 - $155,312.85 WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20
Other site ranges may differ
Culture Statement
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.
- How much does the Fluids Operations Integration & Systems Engineer III - New Glenn Stage 2 at Blue Origin pay?
- The posting lists a range of $111K–$169K per year. Ranges reflect what Blue Origin publicly declared on the source posting.
- Where is this Fluids Operations Integration & Systems Engineer III - New Glenn Stage 2 role based?
- The role is based in Greater Seattle Area.
- What experience does Blue Origin expect for this role?
- The posting is tagged as a lead-level role, typically 7+ years of experience. Check the requirements section for specifics.
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