Payload Solutions Engineer III

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Payload Accommodation Engineer III to join the In-Space Systems team in a fast-paced, hardware-rich environment. You will help manage payload lifecycles, develop requirements, and apply systems engineering practices across diverse technical areas to enable space mobility.

The role emphasizes customer-facing support, lifecycle verification, and collaboration with multi-discipline teams to deliver reliable, safe spaceflight systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering, Physics.
• 5+ years of proven experience in systems engineering principles and execution.
• Experience in payload accommodation, spacecraft design/integration/testing, or launch vehicles.
• Experience with project or program management.
• Able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills and proactive collaboration to move programs forward.
• Knowledge of current systems engineering tools and methodologies.
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the U.S. (per requirements).

Responsibilities

• Serve as customer-facing point-of-contact and technical advocate for one or more payloads through the full payload lifecycle (execution of contract through payload integration and launch).
• Support the development, allocation, and verification of requirements.
• Assist with the development of systems engineering processes and tools, ensure consistent implementation, and serve in a system integration capacity, working with multi-discipline teams to arrive at technical system solutions

Skills

Systems engineering

Project management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering, Physics

MS degree in a relevant technical field

Tools

DOORS Next Generation

Systems lifecycle configuration management

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Payload Accommodation Engineer III to join the In-Space Systems team in a fast-paced, hardware-rich environment. You will help manage payload lifecycles, develop requirements, and apply systems engineering practices across diverse technical areas to enable space mobility.

The role emphasizes customer-facing support, lifecycle verification, and collaboration with multi-discipline teams to deliver reliable, safe spaceflight systems.