Systems Engineer III, Thermal Control Systems - Orbital Reef Program (R38155)

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.

This opportunity reports to the Lead Systems Engineer of the Orbital Reef Program. As part of a growing, hardworking, and curious team of engineers you’ll be deployed to activities that shape the future of Blue Origin’s Human Spaceflight efforts.

As part of a team of systems engineers you will contribute to the definition, development, and execution of the integrated space station. You will engage with teammates and foster a broader understanding of Systems Engineering to develop products to support requirements, design, analysis, verification, and validation activities of complex systems through the systems lifecycle. You will need to use strong interpersonal skills to interact with end users, system owners across Blue Origin and external resources to establish first in class systems for our programs.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical skills, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and 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!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Domestic travel expected up to 10% of the time to engage in milestone reviews, training, supplier/partner/customer/team engagements.

Responsibilities:

• Utilization of Systems Engineering, PLM, and collaboration tools such as (but not limited to) DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, Windchill, and Cameo, SharePoint.
• Support a broad team by leading the creation of and/or modification of analytical models.
• Perform complex integrated analysis for the Orbital Reef Program.
• Provide engineering support and technical ownership with concept of operations, requirements development, functional decomposition, system verification, validation, integration, and test.
• Apply  knowledge, principles, theories, and techniques to advance the program
• Establish product and processes metrics that effectively measure and improve performance of supporting systems.
• Identify and fix gaps in existing process, tools, infrastructure, and continually improve solutions along the way.
• Develop and implement best practices to deploy to the program.
• Test applications and build test cases and scenarios for successful deployment of solutions.
• Develop and mature Systems Engineering documentation (such as, but not limited to, Concept of Operations (ConOps), Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), Verification Artifacts).

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics.
• Industry practice in Systems Engineering tools and processes.
• A breadth of deep understanding, backed by experience, of the principles, concepts, and methods of systems engineering such as concept development, requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning, and operations.
• Self-directed and capable of balancing several tasks at one time.
• Proven ability to work effectively and collaborate in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion.
• 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:

• Successful candidates will typically have 5+ years of systems engineering experience.
• 3+ years of spacecraft active thermal control system development,
• Experience in design, analysis, and/or certification of aerospace safety critical systems.
• Experience supporting a project through the product development lifecycle
• Experience with software tools such as Jama, Cameo, MATLAB/Simulink, Confluence, JIRA, Git, Creo, and Windchill

Inclusivity Statement

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