Senior Space Systems Engineer & Cross‑Team Program Lead

Blue Origin; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned System Engineer/Program Manager to drive the execution of the New Glenn forward module across multiple sites. You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate test campaigns, manage milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables aligned with organizational goals.

You will collaborate with engineering, supply chain, safety, operations, and IT to translate complex requirements into actionable plans, report progress to stakeholders, and ensure timely,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience working directly with software engineering teams.
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Create and track project milestones, risks and dependencies, and to describe, own and prioritize all technical requirements associated with delivery.
• You will dive deep, and understand the design details of the systems in your area, especially those related to customer interfaces, and the expectations for system dependencies.
• The system engineer is responsible for the implementation plan across teams, and for reporting on progress against technical milestones to stakeholders.
• You will understand the significant business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind decisions.
• You will demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escape.
• You are data-oriented, regularly review metrics, and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility.
• You will ensure your programs stay aligned with organizational goals.
• You will ensure stakeholder needs are aligned, while driving mindful discussions that lead to crisp decisions.
• You will partner with customers, internal/external teams, and/or engineering teams to determine what projects move forward and in what sequence.
• You will write effective narratives, program updates, and present them effectively to stakeholders and management team.
• You create plans that have clear, measurable success criteria and return on investment.
• You oversee the gap between teams, processes, and systems.
• You are able to solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• You oversee the gap between teams, processes, and system architectures.
• You help teams/your organization reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood/documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from of the use of third-party technologies, APIs not protected/hardened, insufficient testing/gaps in QA).
• You solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks).

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Release planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned System Engineer/Program Manager to drive the execution of the New Glenn forward module across multiple sites. You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate test campaigns, manage milestones, risks, dependencies, and deliverables aligned with organizational goals.

You will collaborate with engineering, supply chain, safety, operations, and IT to translate complex requirements into actionable plans, report progress to stakeholders, and ensure timely,