Systems Engineer - System Safety, Reliability, & System Engineering (Level 4)

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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.

We are a hardworking team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of the New Glenn SEIT system safety, reliability and risk team, you will work to assess risk, coordinate stakeholders, and provide technical expertise to drive solutions for the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle system and facilities. You must have a passion for mission assurance, a commitment to the fundamentals of system safety, and a strong capacity to work collaboratively on complex and interesting new problems.  You will be part of the SEIT system engineering team and will work across the New Glenn subsystems to support integrated solutions.  You will utilize system engineering practices across disciplines predicated to a high degree on your technical skills, ensure consistent system engineering implementations across the New Glenn elements and subsystems, and serve in a system integration capacity working with multi-discipline teams to arrive at technical system solutions. You will support the alignment and consistent implementation of New Glenn system engineering practices for system to lower-level program tiers as well as across program systems. You will also help develop health metrics to support insight into program health and tracking to major milestones.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate design teams in assessing technical risk and providing expertise in suggesting solutions.
• Evaluate design products and requirements for compliance with our system safety, reliability, and risk processes and products against internal and external standards including Range Safety, NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, or ARP-4761.
• Implement and maintain system safety, reliability, and risk processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Train and coach engineers on identifying and analyzing system safety risks
• Work with systems engineering and subsystem cognizant engineers to identify and verify compliance with system safety requirements.
• Assist in generating metrics and report on program system safety status
• Participate in actively maintaining a healthy system safety culture

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace/electrical/mechanical engineering or related field
• Management or Technical Team Lead of a system engineering team or equivalent
• 8+ years of proven experience (in addition to what is listed above)
• Strong system safety and mission assurance fundamentals
• Experience interpreting and assessing risk
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to identify problems, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
• Possess skills in strategic system thinking, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to be proactive in moving program forward through team collaborations to achieve timely decisions
• Applicant must be a United States citizen

Desired:

• Experience working with large development programs
• Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic and fast paced environment
• System development/integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware
• Risk Management experience
• Process ownership and maintenance experience

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95 WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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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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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.

• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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