Senior Space Mission Operations Lead

Blue Origin; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead on-orbit operations development and real-time support. You’ll guide small teams, create detailed mission concepts, procedures, and telemetry tools, and collaborate with engineers across space and ground segments.

The role emphasizes end-user operability, risk management, and ongoing improvement as missions progress from planning to launch and early orbit phases.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Computer Science, Systems or related fields.
• 3+ years of experience managing technical teams.
• 12+ years of proven experience in spacecraft operations development and execution, including real-time support for on-orbit operations in a flight director or comparable leadership role.
• Extensive development of spacecraft operations products, including procedures, telemetry displays, scripts, and other technical documents.
• Experienced in configuration and product data management.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission plans, operations concepts, tools, and processes for real-time spacecraft and ground system operations through automation.
• Lead small teams to develop and implement operations procedures, executables, telemetry displays, and technical documentation.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards while promoting reuse and backward compatibility.
• Test and validate operations products across hardware and software simulations spanning space and ground domains.
• Support systems engineering in developing spacecraft concepts of operations for end-user operability.

Skills

Spacecraft operations

Leadership

Real-time operations

Telemetry displays

Python

Agile/scrum

Education

B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Computer Science, Systems

M.S. in Space Systems, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Spell/STOL/JAS

Ground software tools

Simulation environments

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Mission Operations Engineer to lead on-orbit operations development and real-time support. You’ll guide small teams, create detailed mission concepts, procedures, and telemetry tools, and collaborate with engineers across space and ground segments.

The role emphasizes end-user operability, risk management, and ongoing improvement as missions progress from planning to launch and early orbit phases.