Lunar Lander Requirements & Design Lead

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Vehicle Requirements and Design Parameters Lead for the MK1 Lunar Lander Vehicle Engineering team. You will define and develop system requirements, design parameters, interfaces, and performance measures to guide spacecraft development and mission success.

You will lead cross-functional teams across Integrated Product Teams, manage design trades, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification, contributing to safe, reusable lunar vehicle programs.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of engineering experience performing requirements definition, design criteria, traceability, interfaces, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation.
• Detailed knowledge of space systems design and requirements.
• Ability to lead and coordinate requirements and design across stakeholders and experts from varying engineering fields.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate technical information effectively.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements and design processes and strategies, including the tools and infrastructure required to execute your vision.
• Own the vehicle requirements specification, vehicle design parameters, and technical performance measures.
• Own the vehicle product and specification tree.
• Own vehicle design and construction standards requirements.
• Understand and assess impacts of vehicle design trades against requirements, parameters, and budgets.
• Review and approve vehicle design and requirement changes.
• Define configuration and change control processes for design parameters, interfaces, budgets, and requirements.
• Manage the definition of interface requirements, ICDs, and their verification.
• Understand and define relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, budgets, ICDs, plans, and metrics.
• Develop and execute plans for completing requirements and design products with cross-team coordination.
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and report metrics to leadership.

Skills

Aerospace engineering

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Traceability

Leadership

Communication

Education

B.S. in aerospace engineering or related field

Tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Vehicle Requirements and Design Parameters Lead for the MK1 Lunar Lander Vehicle Engineering team. You will define and develop system requirements, design parameters, interfaces, and performance measures to guide spacecraft development and mission success.

You will lead cross-functional teams across Integrated Product Teams, manage design trades, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification, contributing to safe, reusable lunar vehicle programs.