Spacecraft Data Systems Engineer - Blue Ring

Blue Origin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 10% of the time

TS/SCI with CI poly is desired

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Spacecraft Data Systems Engineer in Huntsville, Alabama to design data architecture that connects flight software, ground operations, and test engineering for the Blue Ring program.

You will lead data management for command and telemetry, define interfaces, and develop scalable strategies for data across a fleet of vehicles. A systems-thinking mindset and dedication to safe spaceflight are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Command and Telemetry Database and the Parameter Database development, as well as define file management and onboard data storage.
• Manage data for uplink to the spacecraft, onboard command sequences, data transfer, telemetry downlink, and data prioritization within the spacecraft flight software and memory management devices.
• Define data architecture strategies that differentiate data placement between CTDB and Parameter data
• Develop a roadmap for constructing scalable and robust data architecture strategies tailored for managing telemetry and command data across a fleet of vehicles.
• This includes anticipating future needs, different payloads and missions, etc.
• Shape all areas of the program, including the payload, spacecraft, developing sophisticated techniques, processes, and criteria to enable effective data management and data handling architecture.

Job description

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue National Security (BNS), where our focus is the design, development, and delivery of launch and spacecraft systems for national security missions. Through Blue Ring, our all-in-one, high-powered hybrid solar-electric and chemical-propelled spacecraft, we provide unmatched mission maneuverability, versatility, and capacity at dramatically lower-profile costs.

We are a talented team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will ensure our spacecraft satisfies the needs of our critical partners, and crafts the larger vehicle and ground data architectures to enable us to successfully implement the required capabilities for our mission. As the Spacecraft Data Systems Engineer, you will provide the technical glue connecting data from our flight software to the systems functions to our ground operations and test engineering. You will help ensure the program requirements, operational descriptions, and system designs have been shaped so that they overall system meets our customers' needs. You will be responsible for interpreting functional description documents, and existing command and telemetry definitions to create an overall data and data handling architecture for the Blue Ring satellites. You will help guide the data format, streams, and storage development and testing, resulting in the verification of a complete spacecraft solution. To accomplish this, you will work closely with our spacecraft development engineers, flight software developers, spaceflight operations organization, and test engineering to implement all use cases for the data architecture.

This role will encompass detailing the data architecture, developing our standards and processes, and ensuring sufficiency in our data products. This position demands a systems-thinking approach, requiring a comprehensive understanding of the architectural and design elements of interconnected systems. Your responsibilities will include aligning our data interfaces and interactions to meet the needs of these systems effectively.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 10% of the time
• TS/SCI with CI poly is desired but not required

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Lead the Command and Telemetry Database and the Parameter Database development, as well as define file management and onboard data storage.
• Manage data for uplink to the spacecraft, onboard command sequences, data transfer, telemetry downlink, and data prioritization within the spacecraft flight software and memory management devices.
• Define data architecture strategies that differentiate data placement between CTDB and Parameter data
• Develop a roadmap for constructing scalable and robust data architecture strategies tailored for managing telemetry and command data across a fleet of vehicles.
• This includes anticipating future needs, different payloads and missions, etc.
• Shape all areas of the program, including the payload, spacecraft, developing sophisticated techniques, processes, and criteria to enable effective data management and data handling architecture.

Minimum Qualifications