Payload Accommodation Engineer III (Top Secret / SCI Required)

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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! 

As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will be exposed to a hardware-rich prototyping environment that allows for rapid design/build iteration, work with a world-class team, and experience the entire lifecycle from formulation to flight in a short time.

This role works across the Payload Accommodation subsystem and supports integrated solutions to achieve our vision of “millions of people living and working in space.” This individual will apply customer management skills and systems engineering practices across various technical subject areas. Additionally, this role requires understanding and supporting: requirements analysis and traceability; functional analysis; systems analysis; safety analysis; technical performance monitoring; development of specialty engineering strategic approaches (operability, reliability, maintainability, supportability); and system product lifecycle processes.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to increase accessibility to space. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 20% of the time
• Must have an active Top Secret / SCI Clearance to start

• Serve as customer-facing point-of-contact and technical advocate for one or more payloads through the full payload lifecycle (execution of contract through payload integration and launch)
• Support the development, allocation, and verification of requirements
• Assist with the development of systems engineering processes and tools, ensure consistent implementation, and serve in a system integration capacity, working with multi-discipline teams to arrive at technical system solutions

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering, Physics
• 5+ years of proven experience in systems engineering principles and execution
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Payload accommodation
  • Spacecraft design, development, integration, and testing
  • Launch vehicles
• Experience with project or program management
• Enjoys a highly dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Possess skills in strategic system thinking, excellent written and oral communication skills, proactive in moving the program forward through team collaborations to achieve timely decisions, ability to earn trust, and maintain positive and professional relationships
• Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies
• Active Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance with Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with polygraph

• M.S. degree in a relevant technical field
• 8+ years of experience
• Expertise in the following areas:
  • Payload accommodation
  • System development/integration
  • At least one of the areas of analysis, design, or integrated testing
  • Launch vehicles
  • Focused subject area in one of the following: fluids, thermal, propulsion, avionics, or electrical hardware and/or software, telemetry/communications, structures, ground operations, or flight/ground autonomy
• Experience with the following:
  • Reliability, maintainability, and operability analysis and execution
  • System safety
  • Testing
• Experience with verification of requirements using tools like DOORS Next Generation, system lifecycle configuration management tools, and other functional analysis toolsets
• Knowledgeable about system design and analysis and relations to element design at the flight and ground levels as well as component specification development
• Familiarity with the entire product lifecycle, including ground equipment and operations, manufacturing, and ISC considerations

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