RPOD Design Engineer — Spacecraft Navigation

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,931 - 211,303; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a senior RPOD-focused aerospace engineer to define rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking concepts for lunar missions. You will perform trajectory analyses, validate navigation methods, and help shape the verification campaign for safe crewed and cargo operations.

In this role, you will collaborate across GN&C, mechanical, software, and mission systems teams, supporting simulation and flight software development, modeling, and testing to advance lunar transport

Qualifications

• BS degree in aerospace engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong depth in guidance, navigation, control, simulation, or flight software.
• Solid knowledge of astrodynamics and relative motion of space objects.

Responsibilities

• Perform analyses to determine trajectories, safety gates, and RPOD requirements.
• Coordinate development of RPOD concepts of operations for multiple Lunar missions.
• Decompose RPOD functional requirements across GN&C, mechanical, comms, docking targets, and mission systems.
• Support hardware/software designs for relative navigation sensor systems.

Skills

Guidance

Navigation

Control

Simulation

Flight software

Kalman Filtering

Computer Vision

Embedded software

C++

Rust

Astrodynamics

Education

B.S. degree in aerospace/engineering/related field

Tools

Trick/JEOD/cFS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a senior RPOD-focused aerospace engineer to define rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking concepts for lunar missions. You will perform trajectory analyses, validate navigation methods, and help shape the verification campaign for safe crewed and cargo operations.

In this role, you will collaborate across GN&C, mechanical, software, and mission systems teams, supporting simulation and flight software development, modeling, and testing to advance lunar transport