Lead Space Systems Fault Management & Autonomy Engineer

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking engineers to design autonomous fault detection and recovery systems for lunar flight software, leading cross-functional teams to integrate fault protection mechanisms across spacecraft subsystems.

You will model vehicle states, participate in safety artifacts, and mentor others in fault management best practices, contributing to safe and cost-efficient lunar missions.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years professional experience minimum.
• Highly knowledgeable of systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission/safety critical systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing fault protection, FDIR, or autonomous response behaviors for spacecraft, launch vehicles, aircraft, or comparable complex systems.
• Experience in developing software requirements, verification plans, and test cases.
• Experience working across systems and software disciplines, leading cross functional groups.
• Experience in spacecraft design and operations.
• Experience with System Safety Assessments and reviewing safety artifacts.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design autonomous Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) mechanisms, including fault protection state machines, monitors, and responses.
• Decompose failure modes, effects, and criticality analyses (FMECA), fault tree analyses (FTA), and hazard analyses into the required system autonomy.
• Define and model vehicle states, modes, conditions, activities, and functions.
• Lead cross-functional working groups with subsystem engineers to develop and integrate the required fault protection mechanisms.
• Support implementation of autonomous behaviors in flight software.
• Train, guide, and mentor team members on fault management best practices.
• Work with Safety & Reliability teams developing FHAs, FTAs, FMECAs, & Hazard Reports.
• Manage hardware-software integration problems and collaborate across vehicle and mission design teams.

Skills

Systems engineering practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety-critical software understanding

Education

B.S. or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

Tools

C/C++

MBSE

Python

JavaScript

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking engineers to design autonomous fault detection and recovery systems for lunar flight software, leading cross-functional teams to integrate fault protection mechanisms across spacecraft subsystems.

You will model vehicle states, participate in safety artifacts, and mentor others in fault management best practices, contributing to safe and cost-efficient lunar missions.