New Shepard Flight Safety Analyst

Application close date:

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 is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

This role is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable, suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will perform launch vehicle trajectory modelling and flight safety analysis, ensure compliance with public risk requirements, and mature the overall analysis methodology for various spaceflight systems for New Shepard. This critical role supports regulatory compliance efforts on the New Shepard program focused on flight safety with the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation. You will work closely with key New Shepard leaders, Lead System Engineers, subject matter experts, and nontechnical stakeholders. You will provide leadership in achieving and maintaining regulatory approvals for New Shepard. Together, we will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedication and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight!

Special Mentions:

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time

Van Horn Specific information:

Being at the heart of Blue Origin operations, the West Texas Site in Van Horn, TX offers eligible employee’s additional attractive financial incentives to supplement their competitive base earnings, including a living allowance and relocation assistance.  Eligibility for these additional benefits is based on the employee’s ability to permanently relocate to Van Horn, TX, or travel to Van Horn from another Blue location a minimum of 50% of the time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent technical field
• 5+ years of experience in trajectory and/or flight safety analysis
• Strong fundamentals in flight mechanics/dynamics and simulation of aerospace vehicles
• Strong fundamentals in statistical/probabilistic analysis
• Experience creating 3-DOF and/or 6-DOF trajectory simulation models
• Experience using trajectory analysis tools such as POST, OTIS, TTK, RRAT, TAOS, STK Astrogator, or Copernicus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in quantitative risk assessment including debris risk modelling

• Familiarity with launch licensing processes and regulations (e.g. FAA Part 450, SSCMAN 91-710)

• Experience in explosive modeling and estimation

• Experience in building analysis toolchains and scripts (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)

 

Compensation Range for:

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.

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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.

Background Check

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