Spacecraft Autonomy Engineer — Real-Time Controls

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a spacecraft autonomy and controls engineer to develop on-board autonomy algorithms and flight software for the Lunar Permanence program. You will derive requirements, build models, and implement control code in MATLAB/Simulink to support verification and testing of autonomous subsystems.

The role emphasizes collaboration across GN&C and other teams, with duties spanning model development, simulation, verification, and validation to ensure safe human spaceflight and robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• MS/PhD in aerospace engineering or related field preferred.
• Proven experience in modeling and simulation of autonomy and controls operations.
• Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible for U.S. employment.

Responsibilities

• Derive and develop autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with GN&C and other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to support the development of plant models.
• Build control code in Simulink to support autocoding to target.
• Support development and execution of simulations and tools for verification of functionalities.
• Use MATLAB and Simulink to analyze, unit test, and verify control and autonomy algorithms.
• Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies with its requirements.

Skills

Autonomy development

Modeling and simulation

MATLAB

Simulink

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

B.S. in aerospace/mechanical/electrical engineering

M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a spacecraft autonomy and controls engineer to develop on-board autonomy algorithms and flight software for the Lunar Permanence program. You will derive requirements, build models, and implement control code in MATLAB/Simulink to support verification and testing of autonomous subsystems.

The role emphasizes collaboration across GN&C and other teams, with duties spanning model development, simulation, verification, and validation to ensure safe human spaceflight and robust