Spacecraft Lead Director: End-to-End Spaceflight

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 207,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

14 company‑paid holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a Spacecraft Lead - Director to act as the primary technical authority for end-to-end Sunrise spacecraft design. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, make critical design decisions, and own the roadmap for successive spacecraft.

The role requires hands-on leadership and systems thinking across propulsion, power, thermal, flight software, and communications, with experience building large spacecraft and managing 15+ engineers. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Broad understanding of propulsion, communications, power, mechanisms, and GNC to coordinate across subsystems.
• Hands-on technical capability to spacecraft design (thermal, mechanical, software, GNC, etc.).
• Comfortable leading and mentoring junior engineers while staying deeply hands-on.
• Experience developing and managing integrated roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical paths.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or eligible for authorization.

Responsibilities

• Deliver flight hardware end to end from concept through manufacturing, integration, test, qualification, and launch.
• Own development and manufacturing of propulsion, power, thermal management, flight software, and communications.
• Define and implement guidance, navigation, and control authority for the spacecraft.
• Develop and oversee verification and validation campaigns from component to system level.
• Grow and directly manage a team of engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

GNC

Propulsion

Software

Roadmaps

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a Spacecraft Lead - Director to act as the primary technical authority for end-to-end Sunrise spacecraft design. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, make critical design decisions, and own the roadmap for successive spacecraft.

The role requires hands-on leadership and systems thinking across propulsion, power, thermal, flight software, and communications, with experience building large spacecraft and managing 15+ engineers. U.S.