Senior Human Factors Engineer | Space Systems & Safety

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid parental leave

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Sr. Human Factors Engineer to lead enterprise-level human factors standards within the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) group. You will develop frameworks, support program-embedded teams, and help implement human-centered design across spaceflight projects.

You will apply HF principles to requirements reviews, design evaluations, and HITL test campaigns, collaborating with systems engineering and operations to drive safety, usability, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. in Human Factors Engineering, Aerospace, Cognitive Systems Engineering, Psychology, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience in human factors engineering or human-centered system design (preferably in aerospace).
• Demonstrated ability to develop clear written technical documents, guidelines, or reference materials.
• Experience conducting task analyses and/or human error analyses and human-in-the-loop testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise-level human factors standards, methodologies, and best practices for cross-program use.
• Provide guidance on ergonomics, usability, workload, and human error to program-embedded engineers.
• Support creation/review of task and human error analyses; perform anthropometric evaluations.
• Contribute to verification planning and mapping requirements to verification events.

Skills

Human factors engineering

Task analysis

Human-in-the-loop testing

Ergonomics

Technical writing

Education

B.S. in Human Factors Engineering or related

Graduate degree (desired)

Tools

NASA-STD-3001 familiarity

Job description

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Sr. Human Factors Engineer to lead enterprise-level human factors standards within the Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) group. You will develop frameworks, support program-embedded teams, and help implement human-centered design across spaceflight projects.

You will apply HF principles to requirements reviews, design evaluations, and HITL test campaigns, collaborating with systems engineering and operations to drive safety, usability, and reliability.