Lunar Propulsion Test Engineer III

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 111,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education support program

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Fluids & Propulsion Test Engineer to lead engine testing for the MK2 Alpha Lander. You will own main engine testing, GSE activation, and subsystem testing, directing test teams and technicians through setup, checkout and teardown.

You will develop test methods, manage equipment, and coordinate campaigns while ensuring safety and data integrity across cryogenic and propulsion facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, chemical, or related engineering fields.
• 8+ years experience with propulsion testing.
• Experience developing, writing, and executing test procedures.
• Willingness to meet tight deadlines and be ambitious.
• Experience reading P&ID schematics/layout designs.
• Experience developing fluids systems installation and checkout procedures.
• Understand fundamentals of pressure, flow, and temperature instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test procedures of facility sub-systems to satisfy program objectives.
• Design, plan, fabricate, install, and operate pneumatic and cryogenic test capabilities.
• Develop test methods to efficiently complete integrated system testing.
• Maintain fluids test equipment configuration control, calibration, and traceability.
• Write test procedures, manage procedural red lines, and incorporate updates during test campaigns.
• Oversee vendor design and fabrication of fluids test equipment and support equipment.
• Participate in gated design and Test Readiness Reviews.
• Perform facility activation tests of fluids subsystems.
• Maintain and operate pneumatic and cryogenic hardware and/or control software.
• Follow safety policies during test planning and operations.
• Troubleshoot anomalies real-time.
• Reduce, analyze, and archive test data to support verification tasks.

Skills

Propulsion testing

Test procedures

P&ID reading

Instrumentation fundamentals

LabVIEW

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelors in mechanical/aerospace/chemical engineering

Tools

Cryogenic test equipment

GHe systems

Data Acquisition Systems

Test equipment calibration

LabVIEW software

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Fluids & Propulsion Test Engineer to lead engine testing for the MK2 Alpha Lander. You will own main engine testing, GSE activation, and subsystem testing, directing test teams and technicians through setup, checkout and teardown.

You will develop test methods, manage equipment, and coordinate campaigns while ensuring safety and data integrity across cryogenic and propulsion facilities.