Systems Engineer III: Lunar Human Landing System Lead

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Systems Engineer to lead the Human Landing System development, guiding requirements decomposition, verification strategies, and safety analyses for a lunar lander program.

You will coordinate across design IPTs, own traceability and verification closure, drive plan development, and represent the program at reviews while facilitating cross-site collaboration.

This role requires a strong ownership mindset and the ability to drive technical plans to closure with minimal oversight.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, systems, or a related engineering field; an advanced degree may substitute for a portion of the experience requirement

Responsibilities

• Define Blue Origin’s Human Landing System, a lunar lander carrying astronauts to the Moon’s surface and returning them safely to Orion
• Own requirements decomposition, allocation, and traceability for a complex, cross-cutting system area
• Set the technical plan for proving the assigned scope
• Own verification requirements, methods, procedures, evidence, and closure
• Use system safety work to drive system changes and disposition variances/deviations using a risk-based standard
• Perform root-cause analysis and corrective action on major-scope technical issues
• Serve as systems-engineering point of contact for design IPTs
• Represent the assigned area at engineering and program reviews
• Drive requirements and verification-and-validation tool and process improvements
• Coordinate across sites and partners

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements decomposition

Root-cause analysis

Corrective action

Technical plan development

System safety

Education

B.S. in aerospace/systems/related engineering

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Cameo

Windchill

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Systems Engineer to lead the Human Landing System development, guiding requirements decomposition, verification strategies, and safety analyses for a lunar lander program.

You will coordinate across design IPTs, own traceability and verification closure, drive plan development, and represent the program at reviews while facilitating cross-site collaboration.

This role requires a strong ownership mindset and the ability to drive technical plans to closure with minimal oversight.