Senior Vehicle Systems Engineer – Lunar Mission Lead

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); Híbrido; USD 145 000 - 203 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Stock options

Resumo da oferta

Blue Origin is seeking a highly experienced Level 5 Lead Systems Engineer to serve as the vehicle-level technical leader for the MK1-102 mission, delivering NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar surface. You will own end-to-end systems engineering from requirements definition through test and flight readiness, coordinating across IPTs and with mission operations.

The role demands technical depth, leadership maturity, and the ability to drive consensus on complex vehicle decisions, with a focus on

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in systems engineering roles within aerospace, defense, or related industries.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead responsible for full-vehicle or multi-element system development and integration.
• Experience owning a complex system through the development lifecycle.
• Experience developing and executing at least parts of the verification and validation (V&V) plans.
• Experience working directly with subsystems, mission operations and Integration & Test teams to support vehicle assembly, testing and operations.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions and achieve consensus across large, cross-functional engineering teams.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as the Vehicle Lead Systems Engineer for the MK1-102 mission, owning the integrated technical baseline from requirements definition through flight.
• Own the definition, decomposition, allocation, and management of vehicle and mission requirements and design parameter, ensuring they are properly allocated.
• Drive the technical content of the program's Design Analysis Cycles (DACs) toward Critical Design Review, converting mission objectives into a coordinated, executable engineering plan across all IPTs.
• Lead the vehicle into and through Critical Design Review and Integration & Test readiness, driving design close-out and change control to a stable configuration.
• Develop and define the overall verification and validation (V&V) approach for the vehicle, ensuring every requirement, function and design parameter has a defined verification method and driving closure through component, subassembly, and integrated vehicle-level campaigns.
• Accountable for VIPER payload integration, accommodation and overall ability of the vehicle to comply with payload deployment/offloader concept of operations.
• Accountable for mission-enabling and working with mission analysis teams to make sure the vehicle can achieve its mission objectives reliably and with sufficient margins.
• Review and approve vehicle and mission-level Interface Control Documents (ICDs), including interfaces to NASA VIPER and other payloads.
• Review and approve design impacting major vehicle decisions.
• Lead and delegate vehicle and mission-level trade studies, evaluate the cross-system impact of proposed design changes, and recommend disposition; drive configuration freezes and change control.
• Identify, assess, and track integration and mission risks; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution across functional teams; support risk and non-conformance disposition.
• Collaborate with subsystem leads/REs, and SE leads to ensure integrated vehicle performance meets mission requirements across all mission phases.
• Represent the vehicle and mission in program and customer-level reviews as well as NASA technical interchanges.
• Mentor and guide engineers across the program.
• Sever as vehicle spacecraft engineer during mission operations.
• Drive technical consensus across functional teams on vehicle and mission-level decisions, and serve as a primary technical interface presenting complex trades and status to senior leadership.

Conhecimentos

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements definition

V&V planning

IPTs collaboration

Formação académica

Bachelor's in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Ferramentas

Design Analysis Cycles (DACs)

Interface Control Documents (ICDs)

modeling tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Blue Origin is seeking a highly experienced Level 5 Lead Systems Engineer to serve as the vehicle-level technical leader for the MK1-102 mission, delivering NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar surface. You will own end-to-end systems engineering from requirements definition through test and flight readiness, coordinating across IPTs and with mission operations.

The role demands technical depth, leadership maturity, and the ability to drive consensus on complex vehicle decisions, with a focus on