Senior Aerospace Systems Engineer: Fault Management & Autonomy

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a highly skilled engineer to develop the fault management and system autonomy architecture across all mission phases. You will partner with SEIT and the wider program to ensure rigorous requirements, verification, and validation activities support safe human spaceflight.

You will lead cross-functional teams, craft robust fault-tolerance strategies, and drive improvements while maintaining high technical standards. Domestic travel and TS/SCI eligibility are part of the role.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in a relevant engineering or physics field.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in aerospace.
• Experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety and mission-critical systems.
• Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and test.
• Familiarity with embedded software system design.
• Major spacecraft subsystems knowledge.
• Familiarity with FMECA, FTA, and FHAs.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines and provide feedback on FMSA, safety, and reliability.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel 10-20% and ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage fault management architectures including design principles and requirements.
• Define redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems.
• Architect, design, and analyze autonomous behaviors, modes, and states.
• Plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation efforts.
• Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and test.
• Drive process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency.

Skills

Fault management

Autonomy & control

System safety

Embedded software

Subsystem knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

B.S. degree in engineering or physics

Tools

HIL testing

SIL testing

Verification tools

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a highly skilled engineer to develop the fault management and system autonomy architecture across all mission phases. You will partner with SEIT and the wider program to ensure rigorous requirements, verification, and validation activities support safe human spaceflight.

You will lead cross-functional teams, craft robust fault-tolerance strategies, and drive improvements while maintaining high technical standards. Domestic travel and TS/SCI eligibility are part of the role.