Principal Systems Architect

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!  

The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on addressing two of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you provide leadership across organizations, working end-to-end across payload, vehicle, and ground elements to create new and exciting solutions. The Principal Systems Architect is accountable for multi-disciplinary end-to-end system design for solutions using various propulsion system types (chemical and electric propulsion), various measurement sources (ex. GPS, radiometric), and destination regimes (ex. Geostationary and cislunar space), as well as cradle to grave oversight of solution lifecycle. You will be the main point of contact for collaborators on multidisciplinary topics, such as coordinating capability roadmaps, defining system level requirements, specifying interfaces between space elements, ground elements, and external systems, and supporting implementation, integration, and testing activities. You will also be a primary contributor to capture of new business, including formulation, high level design and proposal development for commercial, civil and national security customers.  

We’re looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality; to join our team and positively impact the future of space. Passion for our mission and vision is required. Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail driven, and have excellent problem-solving abilities. You should be passionate about delivering extensible, timely solutions while contributing to the development of high-performance teams through meticulous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, and continuous process improvement.

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

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, systems engineering, architecture, hardware, and software teams to ensure cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked
• Design and lead collaborative development of an end-to-end architecture that details how architectural elements are developed, constructed, deployed, and maintained across Space and Ground elements
• Assess system performance against current and future mission scenarios, manage performance and risk for scheduled missions
• Develop mission and system management CONOPs, and ensure design guidance is provided across operations, hardware and software solutions
• Perform detailed trade studies, ensuring mission perspective and analysis is integrated into trade criteria
• Coordinate and provide direction across engineering teams to successful project execution by offering solutions that are imaginative, thorough, predictable, and consistent with organizational objectives
• Set goals and metrics to find opportunities to deliver customer solutions within cost, performance, and schedule requirements
• Serve as systems level focal throughout the program lifecycle as systems are developed, championing the conceptual vision and adapting it to reality
• Mentor and train across the program to ensure approach, philosophy, and technology are understood and implemented so they provide required capabilities and value to our customers

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Aerospace, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related technical subject area
• 15+ years of Technical Experience developing sophisticated space solutions
• 5+ years of Requirements Management, including specification tree, requirement derivation, and flow down
• Demonstrated experience in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and familiarity with SysML and a MBSE framework such as DoDAF
• Strong background in development of solutions requiring complex hardware and software architecture design
• Demonstrated systems engineering experience throughout mission design lifecycle from conceptualization through operational flight