Senior Payload Systems Engineer – Orbital Reef Program

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This position is part of the Space Systems Development (SSD) business unit. SSD develops next-generation concepts and systems to advance our future of living and working in space sustainably.

Blue Origin is seeking a new member for our team to serve as a Payload Systems Integration Engineer reporting to and accountable to the Lead Systems Engineer of the Orbital Reef Program. As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for supporting Orbital Reef laboratory design, analysis, and payload customer processes. You will be responsible for generating requirements and verification documents, performing trade studies, and developing payloads processes from contract to customer return. You will identify innovations and efficiencies required for optimizing the payloads process for future Orbital Reef payloads customers. The position will involve coordination with Orbital Reef Chief Scientist, Vehicle Architecture Leads, Vehicle Systems Engineers, and other representatives and stakeholders.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required! If you’re excited by providing near-term value, solving novel problems, learning about interesting topics, and completing challenging activities, please apply!

Responsibilities:

1. Function as focal point for requirements, design, and development of Orbital Reef laboratory facilities and capabilities that will interface with future customer payloads.
2. Develop customer payload life-cycle processes, from customer contract through certification and operations to payload return. This involves activities such as development of documentation for the Orbital Reef laboratory facility, capability, and payload interface requirements (IRD, ICD, etc.), defining payload integration milestones including such as design reviews, operations reviews, flight and ground safety reviews, verification, and certification reviews.
3. Work with Orbital Reef architecture and subsystem leads to evaluate and propose edits to requirements and analyses that impact Orbital Reef laboratory facilities and interfaces to user payloads.
4. Perform thorough technical assessments of proposed internal and external payload interface requirements to understand the impacts to the space station and to future customer payloads.
5. Evaluate and contribute to verification and validation planning for laboratory facility and user payloads.
6. Perform laboratory facility and capabilities trade studies per vehicle requirements and design reference mission constraints.
7. Participate in Orbital Reef laboratory topology design and analyses.
8. Identify innovations and efficiencies in laboratory capabilities and payloads processes.
9. Establish and maintain overall Payload project schedules, key milestones, and deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. B.S. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics.
2. Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, customer relation skills, and presentation skills are required.
3. Self-directed and capable of balancing several tasks at one time.
4. Proven ability to work effectively and collaborate in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment.
5. Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion.
6. Support up to 10% domestic travel to engage in milestone reviews, training, supplier/partner/customer/team engagements.
7. Experience in design, analysis, and/or certification of aerospace systems.
8. 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. A minimum of 5 years of direct/specialized experience in International Space Station (ISS) payloads integration, certification, and/or development.
2. Experience with software tools such as Jama, Cameo, MATLAB/Simulink, Confluence, JIRA, Git, Creo, and Windchill.
3. Experience with payload hazard and controls identification, safety process, and products.
4. Experience supporting a project through the product development lifecycle.

Compensation Range for: CA applicants is $146,644.50-$205,302.30; CO applicants is $134,838.38-$188,773.73; WA applicants is $146,644.50-$205,302.30. Other site ranges may differ.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity 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 a diverse, inclusive, and 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.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program. Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities.