Vehicle Requirements & Design Lead, Space Systems

InvestedintheMission; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a highly capable aerospace engineer to own vehicle requirements, design parameters, and the product hierarchy within the Lunar Permanence unit. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage design trades, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification to program plans.

Strong communication and inclusion culture are essential. The role emphasizes leading design reviews, changing control processes, and reporting metrics to leadership in a safety‑driven

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, design criteria definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation.
• Detailed knowledge of space systems design and requirements.
• Ability to lead and coordinate requirements and design products across stakeholders and experts from varying engineering fields.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate technical information effectively.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements and design processes and strategies, including the tools and infrastructure required to execute your vision.
• Own the vehicle requirements specification, vehicle design parameters, and technical performance measures.
• Own the vehicle product and specification tree.
• Own the vehicle design and construction standards requirements.
• Understand and assess impacts of vehicle design trades against requirements, parameters, and budgets.
• Review and approve vehicle design and requirement changes.
• Define the configuration and change control processes for controlling and managing design parameters, interfaces, budgets, and requirements.
• Manage the definition of interface requirements, ICDs, and their verification.
• Understand and define the relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures.
• Develop and execute plans for completing requirements and design products, coordinating across Integrated Product Teams.
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and report key metrics and issues effectively to leadership.

Skills

Requirements definition

Traceability

Interface definition

Design documentation

System engineering

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in aerospace engineering or systems engineering

Tools

Systems engineering tools

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a highly capable aerospace engineer to own vehicle requirements, design parameters, and the product hierarchy within the Lunar Permanence unit. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage design trades, and ensure traceability from requirements to verification to program plans.

Strong communication and inclusion culture are essential. The role emphasizes leading design reviews, changing control processes, and reporting metrics to leadership in a safety‑driven