Lead Systems Engineer, Lunar Human Landing System

Blue Origin

Merritt Island (FL)

On-site

USD 160,000 - 230,000

Full time

22 hours ago
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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.

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