Senior FMSA Engineer: Spacecraft Autonomy

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in the Seattle area seeks an experienced Spacecraft Systems Engineer to design fault management architectures and autonomy solutions that meet mission requirements across all phases. You will lead analyses, verification, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver safe, reliable spaceflight systems.

The role requires 10+ years in aerospace, strong fault‑tolerance and autonomous systems experience, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non‑technical

Qualifications

• BS in aerospace engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of design, development, and test experience in aerospace systems.
• Experience with fault‑tolerance architectures for safety‑critical systems.
• Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and testing.
• Experience across the lifecycle of aerospace systems: requirements to operation.
• First principles knowledge of spacecraft subsystems.
• Ability to perform safety analyses including FMECA, FTA, FHAs, PRA.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and electrical diagrams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.
• US citizen or eligible to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Establish and design fault management architectures with requirements.
• Define redundancy architectures including cross‑strapping and fault containment regions.
• Lead architecture, design, and analysis of autonomous behaviors, modes, and states.
• Direct engineering activities including FMECA, FTA, FHAs, PRA and reliability analyses.
• Plan and execute integrated Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation programs.
• Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and test.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across the program.
• Serve as the primary FMSA engineer for spacecraft development programs.

Skills

Fault tolerance

Autonomous systems

Aerospace design

Systems engineering

FMECA/FTA/FHA

Lifecycle development

Read engineering drawings

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in aerospace engineering or related field

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in the Seattle area seeks an experienced Spacecraft Systems Engineer to design fault management architectures and autonomy solutions that meet mission requirements across all phases. You will lead analyses, verification, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver safe, reliable spaceflight systems.

The role requires 10+ years in aerospace, strong fault‑tolerance and autonomous systems experience, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non‑technical