Senior Systems Engineer - Lunar Landing System

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own the requirements, safety, and verification baseline across a major vehicle area. You will lead requirements analysis, architecture decisions, and the verification approach while guiding anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis.

The role involves mentoring team members and interfacing with IPTs and customers to ensure rigorous, lean processes for safety and V&V.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, systems, or a related engineering field (M.S. preferred); an advanced degree may substitute for a portion of the experience requirement
• 8+ years of relevant systems engineering experience with demonstrated ownership across requirements, system safety, and V&V
• Demonstrated experience owning a major technical area or the seams between areas as a Responsible Engineer, largely without oversight
• Track record of leading anomaly investigations, root‑cause analysis, and corrective action on high‑consequence issues
• Demonstrated ability to develop lean engineering processes and earn their adoption without relying on direct authority
• Deep fluency with SE tooling (Jama, Cameo, Windchill, DOORS) and the judgment to drive tool decisions that reduce manual effort
• Demonstrated technical mentoring and the ability to set technical direction for a scope
• 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

• Serve as a senior systems engineer and Responsible Engineer owning the requirements, safety, and verification baseline across a major vehicle area or the inter-element seams between areas
• Lead requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation, and shape the architecture decisions that flow from them
• Own the verification & validation approach for your area and lead anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and recovery when the vehicle does not behave as designed
• Set the risk-based standard for how variances and deviations are dispositioned in your area
• Develop lean, tool-driven processes for requirements, safety, and V&V and earn their adoption across the team and design IPTs
• Act as the working-level technical interface for your area across IPTs and, as needed, with the customer and partners
• Review the deliverables of others for subtle flaws and gaps, not just surface correctness
• Mentor engineers and set technical direction for your scope

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements ownership

Safety engineering

V&V

Mentoring

Education

B.S. in aerospace, systems, or related engineering field

Tools

Jama

Cameo

Windchill

DOORS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own the requirements, safety, and verification baseline across a major vehicle area. You will lead requirements analysis, architecture decisions, and the verification approach while guiding anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis.

The role involves mentoring team members and interfacing with IPTs and customers to ensure rigorous, lean processes for safety and V&V.