Launch Infrastructure Project Engineer

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a project engineer to shape where future launch pads are built and to own delivery once construction begins. You will blend long-range strategic planning with hands-on execution, coordinating with Space Force, FAA, NASA, and internal teams to ensure sites meet safety, budget, and schedule targets.

You will evaluate infrastructure feasibility, develop conceptual layouts, and drive scope with A&E and contractors, while maintaining design intent across stakeholders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering or project management experience.
• 2+ years of relevant launch infrastructure, test facility, or land development experience.
• Experience with state or federal agencies on permitting, land use, and development.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate sites for infrastructure feasibility: utilities, access, operational safety clearances.
• Able to read and work from technical plans, drawings, specifications, and modeling applications.
• Experience with project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling at both the day-to-day and overall construction-management level.
• Familiarity with standard construction procedures, best practices, means and methods, and work safety standards.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technically complex projects from concept through completion using independent judgment.
• Strong verbal, written, and graphical communication.
• Motivated self-starter with strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate future launch and test site locations.
• Analyze company growth, vehicle roadmaps, and operational needs, and get infrastructure capacity ahead of demand rather than behind it.
• Develop conceptual site layouts, master plans, and ROM cost estimates that account for utilities, civil site development, environmental constraints, and hazardous operations clearances.
• Translate vehicle and operations requirements into actionable planning documents.
• Work directly with launch vehicle system architects and internal business units to define infrastructure needs on near, medium, and long horizons.
• Own the full lifecycle of design and construction projects as the Blue owner.
• Write statements of work, drive A&E and construction contractors to scope and schedule, manage change orders, and deliver the project on budget.
• Review and approve design deliverables, construction RFIs, and submittals.
• Hold the line on design intent and program requirements.
• Coordinate environmental regulatory planning and compliance: NEPA assessments, Environmental Baseline Surveys, agency permitting.
• Serve as the interface between internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Identify project risks and opportunities early, surface them, and drive them to closure.
• Communicate schedule and budget impacts honestly.
• Communicate across the full stack with executives and field teams.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Graphical communication

Self-starter

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

3D modeling

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a project engineer to shape where future launch pads are built and to own delivery once construction begins. You will blend long-range strategic planning with hands-on execution, coordinating with Space Force, FAA, NASA, and internal teams to ensure sites meet safety, budget, and schedule targets.

You will evaluate infrastructure feasibility, develop conceptual layouts, and drive scope with A&E and contractors, while maintaining design intent across stakeholders and