Blue Origin · 15 hours ago
Mission Design and Ground Navigation Engineer
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$131K/yr - $183K/yr
5+ years expBlue Origin is a company dedicated to developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. They are seeking a Mission Design and Ground Navigation Engineer to contribute to the Blue Moon program, focusing on trajectory design and analysis for lunar missions. The role involves working within a team to develop operational software and support mission requirements validation.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design Earth-to-Moon trajectories
Design Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking trajectories
Analyze dispersed trajectories and delta-v budgets
Support ground-based navigation and orbit determination analysis
Conduct analyses and trades to validate mission requirements
Develop flight dynamics operational software
Present results and support gated reviews
Qualification
Required
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
5+ years of proven experience focused on trajectory analysis, flight dynamics, or mission design
Strong fundamentals in orbital mechanics and astrodynamics
Applied experience in the mission design lifecycle from conceptualization through operational flight
Understanding of ground-based navigation and statistical orbit determination
Significant applied experience in one or more mission design and trajectory optimization tools, such as Monte, Copernicus, EMTG, STK/ODTK, FreeFlyer, or GMAT
Applied experience in one or more of the following languages: Julia, Python, C++, Rust, or MATLAB
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
7+ years of proven experience focused on trajectory analysis, flight dynamics, or mission design
Demonstrated expertise in the ground-based navigation and statistical orbit determination processes
Demonstrated expertise in trajectory optimization
Experience analyzing Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit
Experience using the Monte software package
Experience performing spacecraft operations (e.g. navigation support, maneuver planning, or real-time anomaly resolution)
Experience with DevOps processes including configuration control, continuous development and deployment workflows, Agile methodologies, and software code review
Experience with software development tooling such as Jira, git, Jenkins, Docker, Visual Studio, or VSCode
Benefits
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%
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.
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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