Senior Space Systems Operations Architect

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle seeks an experienced engineer to contribute to the New Glenn operational architecture. You will help develop, integrate, and implement system-level concepts spanning CONOPS, functional architecture, components, software, and system interactions.

The role focuses on owning timelines, decomposing concepts into sequences, driving trades, and authoring operations documents, while providing real-time support during tests, launches, and recovery operations.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering or another technical field.
• 5+ years of aerospace or large-scale processing systems experience.
• Experience in analysis, design, or integrated testing.
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the U.S. (permanent resident or qualifying status).
• Knowledge of system engineering principles is preferred.
• Experience in fluids, mechanical hardware, thermal, propulsion, avionics or electrical hardware and/or software, telemetry/communications, structures, ground operations or flight/ground autonomy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the system level operational timeline for assigned phases and support launch cadence planning.
• Decompose the operational concepts for assigned New Glenn operations into detailed time-phased Sequences of Operations.
• Drive system level trades and issues to closure.
• Author operations documents that define operational constraints, testing requirements, operations lifecycle, and maintenance requirements.
• Define the roadmap to high rate operations for assigned operational phases.
• Provide real-time on-console support for integrated tests, launch, and recovery operations.

Skills

Aerospace experience

Systems engineering

Analysis & design

Integrated testing

Flight systems knowledge

Education

B.S. degree in engineering or technical field

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle seeks an experienced engineer to contribute to the New Glenn operational architecture. You will help develop, integrate, and implement system-level concepts spanning CONOPS, functional architecture, components, software, and system interactions.

The role focuses on owning timelines, decomposing concepts into sequences, driving trades, and authoring operations documents, while providing real-time support during tests, launches, and recovery operations.