Lead Systems Engineer, Lunar Human Landing System

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead system definition and certification for the Human Landing System. You will set requirements, safety, and V&V standards across vehicle areas and serve as the senior technical voice to NASA.

You will steer lean, tool-driven workflows and mentor engineers, ensuring rigorous, risk-based decisions while collaborating with NASA on critical missions and cross-site execution.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, systems, or related engineering field; advanced degree may substitute part of experience
• 10+ years of systems engineering with technical authority across requirements, safety, and V&V
• Demonstrated ownership across full SE lifecycle—requirements, safety, integration, and V&V
• Track record as a go-to technical expert for a major system or program
• Proven ability to set technical standards and gain adoption across teams
• Experience interfacing with NASA or a comparable government/prime customer
• Deep fluency with SE tooling (Jama, Cameo, Windchill, DOORS) and ability to steer tool direction
• Executive-level communication to senior leadership and external customers

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal technical authority for system-level engineering across requirements, safety, and V&V
• Set standards and methods for requirements decomposition, verification planning, and hazard disposition
• Resolve high-consequence technical problems across inter-element interfaces
• Carry system-level decisions and present positions to leadership and customers
• Define and improve requirements, safety, and V&V processes and gain buy-in
• Act as senior technical interface with NASA on requirements, verification, and safety
• Promote lean, tool-driven workflows (Jama, Cameo, Windchill, DOORS)
• Design lean workflows minimizing hand-offs and unnecessary steps

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements

V&V

Hazard analysis

Executive communication

Mentoring engineers

NASA interface

SE tooling (Jama/Cameo/Windchill/DOORS

Education

B.S. in aerospace or related engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Jama

Cameo

Windchill

DOORS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to lead system definition and certification for the Human Landing System. You will set requirements, safety, and V&V standards across vehicle areas and serve as the senior technical voice to NASA.

You will steer lean, tool-driven workflows and mentor engineers, ensuring rigorous, risk-based decisions while collaborating with NASA on critical missions and cross-site execution.