Systems Engineer III - New Glenn Customer Certification

Job Opportunity At Blue Origin

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 small, passionate team, you will work on launch vehicles, space vehicles, and launch facility systems for New Glenn. This critical role leads the systems engineering disciplines and associated scope required to certify the New Glenn launch vehicle in direct support of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) and NASA programs.

You will provide leadership in achieving the required certifications for providing launch services for critical national security payloads. To be successful in this role, you will develop and maintain positive relationships across the New Glenn program and our US government partners. You must be proactive in planning sophisticated products across many technical subject areas while also developing, delivering, and communicating results in support of government certification requests. You will be in charge of developing, reviewing, and providing certification products, including design, analysis, qualification test data, drawings, reports, etc. Lastly, you must have the resourcefulness and flexibility to perform at a high-level in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in engineering or an equivalent technical field
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering V - including requirements development, verification plans, and V&V closure
• Familiarity with system safety products, including fault trees, functional hazard assessments, hazard sheets, and/or other related systems safety tools
• Proven experience (5+ years) with large-scale, development aerospace program
• Solid understanding of project management and resource planning practices
• Experience with customer certification or mission assurance practices
• Use excellent judgement and be comfortable making high-quality and high-velocity decisions
• Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong track record of product ownership
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
• Willingness to travel between sites as needed

Compensation Range for: CA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20; CO applicants is $107,707.00-$150,789.45; WA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20 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.

Export Control Regulations: Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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