AI Engineer II

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match up to 5%

Stock Options

Paid Time Off up to four weeks

14 company-paid holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle is seeking an AI Engineer II to join the Blue Ring ground systems team, building AI/ML capabilities for satellite fleet operations, including multi-agent monitoring and ML-driven anomaly detection.

You will implement and test agent components, build RAG pipelines, deploy containerized services with Docker and AWS, and contribute to observability, audit trails, and production operations while collaborating across engineering, data science, and systems teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, ML, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience with exposure to AI/ML applications.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience building LL M-based applications, RAG pipelines, or agent-based systems.
• Exposure to time-series data processing, anomaly detection, or ML model training on telemetry data.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and basic CI/CD practices.
• Solid CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP, and version control.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and good communication.

Responsibilities

• Implement and test agent components within a multi-agent telemetry analysis system.
• Build and maintain integrations connecting agents to ground system services.
• Create agent tooling, prompt templates, and orchestration logic for LLM service integrations.
• Build and maintain RAG pipeline components: document ingestion, embeddings, vector DB indexing.
• Implement retrieval strategies and answer generation workflows for operator queries.
• Develop human-in-the-loop components for investigation packages and remediation options.
• Deploy and maintain containerized AI services using Docker and AWS.
• Contribute to audit trails, observability, and production operations.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LLM apps

RAG pipelines

Agent systems

Time-series

Version control

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

Databricks

Terraform

Kinesis

Kafka

Job description

AI Engineer II role on Blue Origin’s Blue Ring ground systems team, building AI/ML capabilities for satellite fleet operations, including multi-agent monitoring, conversational RAG knowledge retrieval, and ML-driven anomaly detection.

Responsibilities

• Implement and test agent components within a multi-agent architecture for telemetry analysis, anomaly detection, and reporting
• Build and maintain integrations connecting agents to ground system services
• Create agent tooling, prompt templates, and orchestration logic for LLM service integrations
• Build and maintain RAG pipeline components: document ingestion, embedding generation, and vector database indexing
• Implement retrieval strategies and answer generation workflows for operator queries
• Implement components for human-in-the-loop decision workflows, including investigation packages and remediation options
• Deploy and maintain containerized AI services using Docker and AWS infrastructure
• Contribute to audit trail, observability, and production operations, including incident response
• Prepare and transform spacecraft telemetry data to support ML model training
• Assist in training and evaluating anomaly detection and time-series forecasting models on telemetry data
• Support automated model retraining pipelines that incorporate new flight data and operator feedback
• Develop model evaluation scripts and implement metrics tracking

Requirements

• Ability to work onsite in one of: Kent, WA, Renton, WA, or Reston, VA
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of professional software development experience with exposure to AI/ML applications
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with at least one AI/ML framework: PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Experience building or contributing to LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, or agent-based systems
• Exposure to time-series data processing, anomaly detection, or ML model training on sensor or telemetry data
• Experience with AWS (preferred), Docker, and basic CI/CD practices
• Solid understanding of CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and version control
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills for documentation and team collaboration

Technologies

• Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
• LLM, RAG
• Docker, AWS, CI/CD
• Vector database

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
• Paid Time Off: up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, or equivalent managed AI/ML services
• Experience with Databricks or similar platforms for data engineering and ML workflows
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, pgvector, FAISS) and embedding model pipelines
• Experience with time-series ML architectures (RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers) for forecasting or anomaly detection
• Exposure to multi-agent system frameworks or agentic AI orchestration patterns
• Familiarity with spacecraft operations, satellite telemetry, or aerospace engineering concepts
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Kubernetes
• Experience with real-time data streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis)
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning concepts or graph neural network applications
• Interest or experience in model compression, edge deployment, or resource-constrained inference

Export Control Regulations

• Applicants 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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for certain job profiles: DBIDS background check if the role requires time on a military installation
• Required for certain job profiles: Drivers operating Commercial Motor Vehicles meeting specified weight and/or hazardous materials criteria may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
• Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain a Merchant Mariner Credential, including pre-employment and random drug testing and DOT physical

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

• For information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans or to request a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process, contact [e-mail].

Location: Seattle, WA (onsite) · Compensation: USD 134,961 - 188,945 per year · Experience: 3+ years · Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field