Senior Battery Systems Integration Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Systems Integration Engineer to own the integration of battery products across programs. You will define interfaces, size systems, and perform trade studies to drive reusable, off-the-shelf solutions for spaceflight programs.

Responsibilities include owning ICDs, roadmapping, and leading cross-program collaboration with engineering, test, and manufacturing teams to enable rapid development and risk reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in battery or power system integration engineering.
• Experience sizing battery systems from requirements and loads.
• Strong knowledge of lithium-ion cell selection, chemistry trades, performance and aging behavior, and safety considerations.
• Experience owning interfaces and interface control documentation between a component or subsystem and a larger vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical interface between the battery organization and all Blue Origin programs, engaging early in concept and proposal phases before architectures are locked.
• Elicit, define, and negotiate battery and interface requirements with programs, including load and duty cycle profiles, energy and power needs, environments, mass and volume constraints, mission life, redundancy, and safety and human-rating requirements.
• Own the interfaces: develop and manage standard ICDs covering electrical, mechanical, thermal, data, and ground support interfaces, and drive closure of interface issues between the battery product and the host vehicle.
• Perform battery sizing and trade studies, including load profile analysis, energy and power margin assessment, thermal and cycle life implications, and mass, volume, and cost trades.
• Recommend cell chemistry and battery technology for each application, and clearly explain the trades and the risks behind the recommendation.
• Actively promote and defend Blue Origin's catalog of qualified off-the-shelf battery products, guiding programs to reuse and pushing back on unnecessary custom development.
• Own the battery product roadmap: aggregate demand and requirements across all programs, identify gaps in the current product line, build the business case for new products, and prioritize with the design, test, and manufacturing teams.
• Create and maintain the artifacts that make self-service possible — product datasheets, selection guides, standard ICDs, sizing tools and calculators, application notes, and reference designs.
• Define and manage the exception path: when an off-the-shelf product genuinely does not fit, establish what "close enough" looks like, manage deviations and waivers, or make the case for a new development.
• Support programs through vehicle integration, test, and operations, reviewing their charge and discharge concept of operations, BMS and power system interfaces, ground handling, storage, and transportation plans, and supporting troubleshooting at integration sites.
• Provide inputs to Supply Chain and program planning on lead times, quantities, obsolescence, and forward demand
• Capture lessons learned and recurring program pain points and feed them back into product improvements and roadmap decisions

Skills

Battery sizing

Load profile analysis

Energy margins

Lithium-ion chemistry

Interface control docs

Systems integration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering

Master's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

Jama

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Systems Integration Engineer to own the integration of battery products across programs. You will define interfaces, size systems, and perform trade studies to drive reusable, off-the-shelf solutions for spaceflight programs.

Responsibilities include owning ICDs, roadmapping, and leading cross-program collaboration with engineering, test, and manufacturing teams to enable rapid development and risk reduction.