Senior Spaceflight System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 134,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer in the New Glenn SEIT team to advance system safety, reliability, and risk across coupled subsystems. You will apply analysis, traceability, and lifecycle processes to deliver safer spaceflight and reliable performance.

Join a collaborative team, mentor engineers, and help shape mission-critical safety and reliability strategies for a heavy-lift vehicle with global aspirations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience within integrated systems.
• Experience with system engineering principles.
• Experience in analysis, design, or integrated testing.
• Engineering experience in fluids, thermal, propulsion, avionics, electrical hardware, telemetry/communications, structural, ground operations or flight/ground autonomy.
• 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

• Assess reliability for the New Glenn system using statistical methods and physics-of-failure modeling.
• Use flight data to determine vehicle reliability, availability, and maintainability practices.
• Create, evaluate, and perform reviews of system safety and reliability analyses.
• Evaluate safety and reliability products and requirements for compliance with standards including NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, ARP-4761.
• Implement and maintain system safety processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Train and mentor engineers on system safety and reliability risks.
• Assist in verifying compliance with system safety and reliability requirements.
• Generate metrics and report on program system safety/reliability statuses.

Skills

System engineering

Reliability analysis

Statistical methods

Hazard analysis

Flight data analysis

Technical leadership

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

HALT/HASS testing

FMEA/FMECAs

FTA / RBD

NASA/FAA standards

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned Systems Engineer in the New Glenn SEIT team to advance system safety, reliability, and risk across coupled subsystems. You will apply analysis, traceability, and lifecycle processes to deliver safer spaceflight and reliable performance.

Join a collaborative team, mentor engineers, and help shape mission-critical safety and reliability strategies for a heavy-lift vehicle with global aspirations.