Lead, Space Vehicle Verification & Validation

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Space Vehicle Verification and Validation Lead to define, capture, and manage mission-specific requirements and verification artifacts within the Blue Ring Systems Engineering, Integration & Test organization. You will work with system, software, hardware, and ground teams to establish V&V plans for space missions and customer needs.

You will lead verification for spacecraft bus, payloads, ground systems, and interfaces, driving traceability, requirements sell-off, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Software engineering, or equivalent technical field.
• 8+ years of space system development or test engineering experience.
• 2+ years of spacecraft verification experience.
• Demonstrated experience performing activities such as requirements definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation.
• Background in creating requirement verification reports and roll-up verification of lower level requirements to system level sell-off.
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the Space Engineering V model.
• Active US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform as the System Verification Lead for specific Blue Ring missions, including all aspects of requirement decomposition, derivation, and allocation.
• Collaborate with the Blue Ring Mission Lead Systems Engineers, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Flight Software, Payload & Mission Integration, and Ground Systems Engineering Teams to define system and mission verification plans across multiple customers and missions.
• Engage with internal and external customers, including government agencies and contractors, to perform analysis of unique customer and mission requirements and verification needs.
• Develop and manage requirements and verification modules, including internal and external interfaces, with accurate flow-down and traceability.
• Understand and define the relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures.
• Establish verification approaches and plans for system requirements and identify Integration and Test activities required for successful requirements selloff.
• Work across organizational boundaries to manage the successful acquisition of verification data necessary to show compliance to system requirements.
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and be able to report key metrics and issues effectively to program leadership and stakeholders.
• Create and own system-level spacecraft verification plans and execution.
• Support launch site system testing, including payload and launch vehicle integration.
• Develop product line verification plans and roll-up deliverables.
• Deliver verification reports that ensure launch and operational readiness.
• Ensure all payload interface requirements are met and spacecraft is ready for count-down.
• Verify end-to-end functionality of system including ground system compatibility.

Skills

Requirements management

Traceability

Systems engineering

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Software engineering

Tools

DOORS

Jama

MBSE tools

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Space Vehicle Verification and Validation Lead to define, capture, and manage mission-specific requirements and verification artifacts within the Blue Ring Systems Engineering, Integration & Test organization. You will work with system, software, hardware, and ground teams to establish V&V plans for space missions and customer needs.

You will lead verification for spacecraft bus, payloads, ground systems, and interfaces, driving traceability, requirements sell-off, and