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Blue Origin · 2 weeks ago

Spacecraft Systems Development Engineer - Blue Ring (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$117K/yr - $164K/yr

5+ years exp

Blue Origin is focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Spacecraft Systems Development Engineer will apply multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge to ensure spacecraft meet customer needs through rigorous systems engineering practices and collaboration with various program elements.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with the program’s Lead Systems Engineer to ensure compliance with design standards, processes, and general best practices

Apply a variety of technical principles and tools in Systems Engineering such as CONOPs development, requirements analysis, and interface definition

Work with subsystems to ensure proper requirements definition, verification and validation plans, consistency with system and mission objectives

Oversee verification and validation strategies, plans and processes to ensure software and hardware components, and the integrated spacecraft subsystems will meet system requirements and mission goals

Collaborate with other program elements (I&T, ground systems, flight operations, mission management, and systems architecture) to understand their needs and create holistic solutions

Identify and assisted in the management of technical, schedule and cost risks

Work with the flight software team to resolve implementation issues, review the software development processes, link their development to L3 requirements and needed functional behaviors

Asist in the planning and develop of system-level veriﬁcation methods and events

Support and collaborate with the Assembly, Integration and Test team in developing test procedures and scripts

Support integration activities “on the ﬂoor” in the spacecraft assembly facility

Asist with proposals based on knowledge of spacecraft capabilities and functions

Manage technical performance measures for the overall vehicle

Participate in gated program reviews and drive subsequent actions to closure

Drive process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency

Qualification

Systems EngineeringSpacecraft DesignRequirements AnalysisVerificationValidationAerospace EngineeringTechnical CommunicationRisk ManagementCollaborationProblem SolvingLeadership

Required

Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering or equivalent technical field

Demonstrated understanding of systems engineering fundamentals and experience in multiple system lifecycle phases

Successful candidates in this role typically have 5+ years of related experience in the design, development, and flight test of aerospace systems, preferably spacecraft

Experience developing an integrated system with depth in one or more spacecraft subsystems, and/or system design and integration

Experience in definition of space system requirements and concept definitions that span a broad range of mission objectives

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Active US Government TS clearance

Preferred

M.S. degree in a relevant technical field

Active TS/SCI security clearance preferred

Domain experience with spacecraft system and subsystem functions, interfaces, and communication protocols (i.e. serial, 1553, Ethernet, embedded software, etc.)

Experience defining and performing complex trade studies

Experience with design, development, and certification of spaceflight systems

Experience with logical and physical architecture definition and decomposition

Experience using hardware or software testbeds and lab environments for software and system verification