Senior Systems Engineer, Lunar Landing System

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance (basic & supplemental)

Parental leave

Short/long-term disability

401(k) with company match

Education support program

Stock options

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a senior systems engineer to own the requirements, safety, and verification baseline for a major vehicle area within the Lunar Permanence team. You will shape architecture decisions and lead anomaly investigations while mentoring engineers across IPTs.

The role requires deep SE tooling fluency and a track record of delivering high-consequence safety outcomes in complex systems. Relocation and cross-site collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, systems, or related field (M.S. preferred).
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience with ownership across requirements, safety, and V&V.
• Experience owning a major technical area or seams between areas with limited oversight.
• Leading anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action on high-consequence issues.
• Lean engineering with SE tooling and adoption without direct authority.
• Mentoring engineers and setting technical direction for scope.
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior systems engineer and Responsible Engineer owning requirements, safety, and verification baseline.
• Lead requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation; influence architecture decisions.
• Own verification & validation approach and lead anomaly investigations.
• Set the risk-based dispositioning standard for variances in your area.
• Develop lean, tool-driven processes for requirements, safety, and V&V.
• Act as the technical interface across IPTs and with customers/partners.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical direction.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

V&V (verification & validation)

Safety engineering

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Root-cause analysis

Education

B.S. in aerospace or related field

M.S. preferred

Tools

Jama

Cameo

Windchill

DOORS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a senior systems engineer to own the requirements, safety, and verification baseline for a major vehicle area within the Lunar Permanence team. You will shape architecture decisions and lead anomaly investigations while mentoring engineers across IPTs.

The role requires deep SE tooling fluency and a track record of delivering high-consequence safety outcomes in complex systems. Relocation and cross-site collaboration are expected.