Payload Integration Engineer III

Blue Origin; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Orbital Launch Site Lead to support mission analysis, design, and spacecraft launch operations for the New Glenn program. You will coordinate with Mission Management, design engineers, and customer facilities to ensure compliant payload processing during launch campaigns.

You will direct payload processing activities in a cleanroom, manage daily schedules, and lead technical meetings to align requirements with launch vehicle engineering, ensuring successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is required.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, customer relation, and presentation skills are required.
• Must be able to travel to other Blue Origin offices, alternate launch site, and customer facilities.

Responsibilities

• Function as launch site focal point for spacecraft interface requirements evaluation and proposing edits to the Mission Integrator and Mission Manager.
• Participate in generating or evaluating proposals for primary, secondary, co-manifested, or rideshare payloads.
• Perform thorough technical assessments of proposed internal and external payload interface requirements to understand impacts to the launch site.
• Evaluate or contribute to validation planning for payloads.
• Capture and implement launch system upgrades/changes to support environments for a broad variety of spacecraft types including crewed systems.
• Lead a small group of technicians to perform payload processing activities in cleanroom environments.
• Assist with hands-on assembly, integration, and testing of payload accommodations flight hardware.

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, physics, aerospace engineering or related engineering discipline

Job description

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be the Orbital Launch Site point of contact for spacecraft customers and manufacturers during launch campaigns for New Glenn. You will be responsible for supporting mission analysis, design, and spacecraft launch operations. You will be responsible for generating mission-unique documentation required for planning, approvals, processing, and post-flight reports. The position will involve coordination with Mission Management, Marketing, Customer Experience, design engineers, systems engineers, and other disciplines during the mission proposal as well as integration phase. You will also be responsible for coordinating requirements with all disciplines on the launch site operations team. Other responsibilities will initially include processing flight hardware, performing spacecraft mate and encapsulation, transport, mate to the launch vehicle, and integrated testing.

Responsibilities:

• Function as launch site focal point for spacecraft interface requirements (IRD, ICD, etc.) evaluation and proposing edits to the Mission Integrator and Mission Manager.
• Participate in generating or evaluating proposals for primary, secondary, co-manifested, or rideshare payloads
• Perform thorough technical assessments of proposed internal and external payload interface requirements to understand the impacts to the launch site
• Evaluate or contribute to validation planning for payloads
• Capture and implement launch system upgrades/changes to support mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, thermal and shock environments, contamination and communication requirements for a broad variety of spacecraft types including crewed systems
• Work directly with Mission Management leadership to generate proposals and requirement verification planning for primary and secondary payloads (co-manifested, or rideshare payloads) while working with launch vehicle engineering for implementation
• Act as primary point of contact for all spacecraft processing activities throughout the launch campaign, including administrative and support services to the customer at the Payload Process (PPF) and launch facilities
• Manage/coordinate spacecraft daily processing schedule inputs to the mission integration and daily operations schedules
• Participate in launch countdown, monitoring various interface airborne and ground systems supporting the spacecraft, and post-flight reviews
• Coordinate and host spacecraft customer launch site visits and technical interchange meetings, and act as the Launch Operations technical representative during mission integration design meetings
• Lead a small group of highly skilled technicians to perform payload processing activities in 100K (ISO-8) class or higher cleanroom
• Assist with hands-on assembly, integration, and testing of payload accommodations flight hardware including mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic equipment

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, physics, aerospace engineering or another related engineering discipline
• 6+ years of direct/specialized experience in large spacecraft integration and/or the development of payload integration requirements including launch campaigns
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, customer relation, and presentation skills are required
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive professional relationships
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
• Current TS/SCI with Poly clearance or ability to successfully complete a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
• Must be able to travel to other Blue Origin offices, alternate launch site, and customer facilities
• Position requires: lifting (35-lbs), climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying, and standing for extended periods (8 hours minimum)
• Must be able become certified to operate equipment such as aerial lifts, forklifts, and overhead cranes
• Must be able to work all shifts and available for overtime as well as weekends, when needed to support test or launch campaign timelines

Desired Qualifications:

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