Senior Contamination Control Engineer – Lunar Permanence

BLUE ORIGIN; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 134,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with matching up to 5%

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced contamination control engineer for the Lunar Permanence team in Colorado. You will lead contamination control activities from design through manufacturing, ensuring spacecraft cleanliness and compliance with standards.

You will develop plans, guide cleanroom operations, and mentor engineers while coordinating with design and manufacturing teams to meet mission requirements. A TS/SCI-ready profile is preferred and benefits reflect aerospace industry standards.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Physics, Materials Sciences and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related aerospace background or field of study.
• Ability to interpret and apply high-level system requirements to practical design solutions.
• 8+ years’ experience in clean rooms, contamination control, analysis, and spacecraft integration.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ASTM and ISO standards; ability to develop customized cleaning requirements and techniques for complex hardware.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and expertise in support of spacecraft integration, ground support equipment, and other spacecraft launch activities and engineering oversight of cleanroom operations.
• Coordinate the integration and documentation of contamination requirements through the development, preflight preparation, mission, and/or post-flight phases of assigned systems and/or payloads.
• Develop test plans to collect and analyze particulate and molecular contamination and provide support of cleaning processes, inspections, and verifications of hardware and operations to meet mission goals.
• Interface with design engineers to provide contamination control inputs to hardware design and review manufacturing work instructions for adequate cleanliness levels throughout the build process.
• Develop, review, and coordinate on program contamination control plans, test plans, procedures, personnel cleanroom training, and material and process specifications.
• Quantify the contamination cleanliness levels required for the performance of space hardware and provide the procedures necessary to be maintained during fabrication, assembly, integration, testing, launch, and operations.
• Coach, mentor and technically assist other engineers

Skills

System requirements interpretation

8+ years contamination control

Cleanroom operations

ASTM/ISO standards knowledge

Interpersonal & organizational skills

Security clearance eligibility

Education

B.S. in aerospace-related engineering

MS/PhD in Physics or Materials/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced contamination control engineer for the Lunar Permanence team in Colorado. You will lead contamination control activities from design through manufacturing, ensuring spacecraft cleanliness and compliance with standards.

You will develop plans, guide cleanroom operations, and mentor engineers while coordinating with design and manufacturing teams to meet mission requirements. A TS/SCI-ready profile is preferred and benefits reflect aerospace industry standards.