Spacecraft Engineering Lead

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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 accountable for the delivery of a spacecraft bus for a Blue National Security mission. With support from spacecraft subsystem, systems, and integration engineers from the Spacecraft Development organization, you will be responsible for delivering a mission specific Blue Ring spacecraft. You will work in collaboration with mission system engineers, payload system engineers, ground system engineers, and the program manager to ensure that customer needs are met withing the constraints of the Blue Ring product line. You will be the single threaded technical leader responsible for the successful function of the spacecraft bus from the design updates, through subsystem integration, and spacecraft delivery to the launch base.

• Relocation assistance provided
• Active TS/SCI security clearance required
• Travel expected up to 20-50% of the time (if located in Denver)

• Lead the spacecraft development team on your mission to achieve the technical and programmatic objectives of the spacecraft
• Define and lead the weekly technical rhythm of your team by planning design cycles and the spacecraft production, integration and test schedule
• Prioritize tasking of the engineers supporting your mission and work to deconflict competing resources across multiple missions and spacecraft
• Coordinate with mission system, ground system, launch system, and payload engineers executing the entire mission
• Signature authority for spacecraft level engineering changes, risk dispositions, nonconformances, and failure review boards.
• Act as primary technical interface to customers for spacecraft development.
• Flow down customer demands from the program manager while providing cost, schedule, technical, and resource impacts so that priority decisions can be made a the appropriate program or business unit level

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or a related technical field
• Over 15 years of experience in crafting, developing, and launching aerospace systems.
• Proven track record of leading multidisciplinary technical teams and delivering flight hardware and or software
• Strong problem-solving abilities and proficiency in trade study methods
• Leadership or management background with a history of mentoring team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Top Secret/SCI clearance required.

• Experience leading a program through the full lifecycle from concept and planning, through design, implementation, assembly, integration, test, and mission operations.
• Deep technical expertise in at least one spacecraft engineering discipline.
• Master’s degree or higher in engineering or a related technical field

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