Senior AI Systems Engineer for Upper Stage - Space Launch

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 134,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off and holidays

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the development and operation of AI/ML pipelines to support New Glenn and related programs. You will design data ingestion, labeling, model training, deployment, and monitoring while ensuring integration with production systems.

The role requires strong AI/ML foundations, software engineering skills, and experience with LLMs/AI agents, plus leadership in multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years industry experience in launch system engineering development and/or operations.
• Strong AI/ML foundation and software engineering skills or hands-on experience with LLMs and AI agent frameworks.
• Experience leading system-level technical trade studies.
• Demonstrated program/project management experience.
• Passion for Blue Origin's mission: Millions of people living and working in space!

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy end-to-end AI/ML pipelines (from data ingestion and model training to deployment and monitoring) that support advanced AI applications in scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, scope control, and agile/scrum program management.
• Understand data sources, manage data collection and data pre-processing, labeling, and own data outputs.
• Develop LLM-integrated systems with memory (context management) and retrieval-augmented generation capabilities.
• Integrate AI models into production environments, optimizing for performance and implementing CI/CD automation.
• Develop and coordinate production engineering changes, coordinating project schedules and incorporation plans to integrate changes into the vehicle and production systems.
• Coordinate across engineering, production, supply chain, project management, and design functions to resolve non-conformances, ensuring value engineering is incorporated in decision processes.
• Work directly with supply chain to ensure purchase request, purchase orders are fulfilled timely and develop associated metrics.
• Drive multi-functional studies to close risks threatening program cost and schedule
• Coordinate with engineering Responsible Engineers (RE's) to develop strategic roadmaps for certification and qualification of engineering designs.
• Work with technical and management functions to develop content for Blue Origin's Weekly Business Review (WBR) and Program Management Review (PMR)
• Coordinate across subsystem Responsible Engineers and Technical Project Managers to collect and coordinate documentation for certification activities.

Skills

AI/ML foundation

Software engineering

LLMs

AI agent frameworks

Program management

Technical trade studies

Leadership

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related technical field

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the development and operation of AI/ML pipelines to support New Glenn and related programs. You will design data ingestion, labeling, model training, deployment, and monitoring while ensuring integration with production systems.

The role requires strong AI/ML foundations, software engineering skills, and experience with LLMs/AI agents, plus leadership in multi-disciplinary teams.