Offshore Space Launch Recovery Engineer

Blue Origin; Florida; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced operations professional to plan, execute, and optimize flight, launch, landing, and recovery operations for our space vehicles. You will develop procedures, checklists, flight rules, playbooks, and contingency plans to support a safe, efficient cadence.

The role requires leadership in high-consequence environments, strong emphasis on safety, and ability to work non-standard hours and field deployments, including offshore or remote locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or related field from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years in flight/launch operations or high-consequence environments.
• Experience writing and executing technical procedures in English.
• Proven track record leading in time-critical settings and making safe decisions.
• Willingness to support non-standard hours and field deployments as needed.
• Ability to work in field environments including offshore or remote locations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and continuously improve flight, launch, landing, and recovery operations.
• Develop and maintain procedures, checklists, flight rules, guides, playbooks, and contingency plans.
• Schedule and support maintenance on recovery systems interfacing with recovered booster.
• Conduct root cause analysis and coordinate corrective actions for recovery systems.
• Perform hazard identifications, risk assessments, and launch safety analyses.
• Define operational requirements for flight and ground support equipment.
• Support readiness activities including simulations, rehearsals, and go/no-go criteria.
• Provide real-time operations support during all launch phases and recovery.
• Lead or support anomaly response and post-flight investigations.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations (FAA, OSHA, maritime/aviation).
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement for safety and reliability.
• Develop domain expertise in launch ops, range safety, mission control, offshore recovery, or ground systems.

Skills

Flight operations

Safety operations

Mission control

High-consequence environments

Education

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace or related Engineering

Tools

MS Office

PLM systems

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced operations professional to plan, execute, and optimize flight, launch, landing, and recovery operations for our space vehicles. You will develop procedures, checklists, flight rules, playbooks, and contingency plans to support a safe, efficient cadence.

The role requires leadership in high-consequence environments, strong emphasis on safety, and ability to work non-standard hours and field deployments, including offshore or remote locations as needed.