BLUE ORIGIN

Mechanical Engineer

• Develop comprehensive test strategies, test methodologies, and test fixtures — including design of supporting test hardware — for power subsystem hardware from component level through integrated vehicle testing
• Design, develop, and deliver test support hardware including test cards, breakout boards, and fixture circuits to enable safe and efficient validation of power subsystem assemblies
• Execute and supervise validation campaigns including acceptance testing and Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing
• Ensure proper test execution, data collection, and system requirement verification
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for EGSE and vehicle power sequencing
• Troubleshoot electrical failures, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions
• Coordinate and integrate interfacing subsystems with the power subsystem
• Support design risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), and design for test activities
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management

Avionics Hardware Design Engineer III – Lunar Permanence

Recruitment

• Act as a military community talent subject matter expert and strategic recruiting advisor to hiring managers and business leaders
• Source, recruit, screen, and interview candidates from the military community, including veterans, transitioning service members, Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses
• Build proactive talent pipelines across military installations, transition programs, SkillBridge partners, veteran service organizations, Guard and Reserve networks, military spouse organizations, professional associations, hiring events, and digital platforms
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, candidate profiles, job leveling, competencies, and transferable military community experience
• Advise leaders on how military community backgrounds align to technical, operational, leadership, and mission-critical roles
• Lead intake meetings, candidate calibration sessions, weekly recruiting updates, and candidate debriefs
• Prepare and contribute to search status reports, pipeline updates, and recruiting metrics
• Deliver a high-quality candidate experience, including clear communication on job duties, responsibilities, work schedules, compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition teammates, HR partners, business leaders, and military community program stakeholders to strengthen Blue Origin’s mission
• Support hiring across multiple business areas, including manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, safety, engineering, and corporate functions

Military Community Recruiter

Engineer

• Serve as the manufacturing technical focal for assigned subsystems and/or Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) activities, establishing manufacturing plans for vehicle architectures and presenting solutions to leadership
• Plan for and support builds of engineering demonstrators, test articles, and prototype hardware, providing hands-on support during fabrication, assembly, and testing to validate manufacturing approaches
• Drive Design for Excellence (DFX) principles, conduct producibility assessments, support trade studies, and develop roadmaps to bridge manufacturing technology gaps
• Develop manufacturing artifacts including Production Readiness Level assessments, manufacturing management plans, build strategies, facility capacity plans, and tooling designs
• Partner with Program Management, Design Engineering, and Operations support teams to identify manufacturing risks, establish mitigation plans, and influence design/programmatic decisions
• Mentor engineers, challenge teams to question requirements and identify elegant solutions, and foster a culture of integrity and continuous improvement.

Manufacturing Engineer III

Supply Chain

• Develop strategic procurement solutions and complete day to day tactical purchasing functions for various spaceflight systems.
• Share in the team’s impact on all aspects of supply chain operations, driving organizational and policy change to enhance Blue Origin’s bottom-line.
• Ensure program requirements are appropriately prioritized and executed to meet the needs of Blue Origin.
• Develop, mentor, coach, and engage the Blue Origin Supply Chain buyers and subcontract administrators.
• Foster proper engagement with the program functional teams and facilitate communication of requirements and status to program and business area stakeholders.
• Manage the team that places subcontracts/purchase orders of varying complexity in accordance with all regulatory and corporate compliance requirements.
• Support the overall procurement organization’s strategic direction and ensure corporate strategic objectives are achieved to include delivery of production materials that are on time, within budget and meet technical performance requirements.

Supply Chain Procurement Manager – Machine Parts

• Design and route complex fluid subsystems (i.e., pressurization, pneumatics, propellant utilization)
• Strong understanding of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics
• Work with fluid components (i.e., solenoid valves, pneumatic valves, regulators, pressure vessels and instrumentation)
• Author component specifications and manage suppliers through design, development, qualification and delivery of flight hardware
• Work closely with other groups to ensure your systems work together, resolving issues with calculated risk
• Lead and participate in component and system level testing and data analysis
• Good project management skills including vendor management, scheduling, and budget tracking
• Work with REFPROP, SINDA/FLUINT and Thermal Desktop or other fluid modeling software
• Work with 3D CAD programs (Creo preferred) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) programs (ANSYS Preferred)
• Deliver completed designs using best draft practicing per ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards along with clear and well documented analysis reports

Fluid Systems Design Engineer III, Upper Stage 9x4 Next Gen

• Drive candidate attraction and engagement efforts to build a robust talent pipeline for the business.
• Ensure thorough candidate interview preparation to enhance their readiness and performance.
• Facilitate interview debrief sessions to ensure comprehensive evaluation and feedback for all candidates.
• Manage the process of closing offers to secure top talent and finalize hiring decisions.
• Support the development and implementation of recruitment strategies, including demand planning, market research on job profiles and talent, employment branding, interviewer training programs, compensation strategies, early career recruitment channels, candidate experience enhancements, and pipeline health management.
• Establish and maintain a business rhythm with assigned teams or business delegates including regular reporting schedules and participation in meetings with necessary preparations.
• Support full lifecycle recruiting for niche, exempt or leadership level roles.

Senior Client Lead Recruiter, Space Vehicles

Analyst

• Own full-vehicle structural analysis from concept through qualification, including assumptions, modeling approach, documentation, and margin closure
• Develop, maintain, and execute finite element models (FEM) at component, subsystem, and vehicle level; ensure model configuration control and traceability
• Operate Hyper-X for analysis workflows and deliverables; integrate tool outputs into substantiation and reporting
• Perform structural assessments across relevant environments, as applicable: Quasi-static and inertial loads Coupled loads analysis (CLA) support Modal, random vibration, sine vibration, acoustic, and shock response Buckling, stiffness/deflection, load path validation
• Create and review stress reports, substantiation packages, and certification/qualification artifacts (methods, results, margins, sensitivities)
• Conduct hand calculations to validate FEM results and support rapid trades
• Evaluate and uprate existing structures to carry higher loads, including: Identifying limiting load paths, local hot spots, and driving failure modes Reanalyzing updated load cases and environments, updating margins, and documenting impacts Recommending and substantiating reinforcement/redesign options (doublers, stiffeners, thicker gages, joint redesign, material changes, interface updates)
• Supporting retrofit/repair dispositions and verification plans (analysis and/or test)
• Partner with design, systems, loads & dynamics, thermal, manufacturing, and test to: Define analysis requirements and acceptance criteria Support hardware builds and resolve nonconformances (MRB analysis support as needed)
• Drive structural risk retirement via testing and correlation Support design trades (mass, stiffness, frequency, packaging, manufacturability) and provide actionable recommendations early in the design cycle
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to improving team standards, templates, and analysis best practices

Structural Analyst III – Lunar Permanence

• Support development of spacecraft electrical power subsystems with focus on advanced solar array technologies and lithium ion batteries
• Architect power systems operating across multiple orbital regimes (Earth orbiting to deep space)
• Perform critical EPS analyses: Energy Balance Analysis, power budgeting, voltage drop, and bus stability
• Drive technical decisions for solar array development, including cell selection and deployment mechanisms
• Battery characterization, including aging affects
• Battery safety considerations
• Develop component level requirements including verification methods
• Develop and validate power budgets optimized for mission requirements
• Partner with engineering leadership to achieve program goals with acceptable risk
• Evaluate and qualify space-grade solar cell technologies
• Design for manufacturability to support production rates and cost efficiency

Electrical Power System Responsible Engineer III – Solar

Systems Engineer

• Support the design, develop, and analysis of the guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for the TeraWave satellite constellation
• Create and maintain high-fidelity simulations to validate GNC subsystem performance across multiple orbit regimes (LEO and MEO)
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to integrate GNC subsystems with flight computers, sensors, and actuators
• Perform trade studies and analysis to optimize GNC system performance, reliability, and efficiency
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing and validation of GNC components and systems
• Develop and execute verification and validation plans for GNC subsystems
• Analyze flight data to assess on-orbit performance and recommend improvements
• Contribute to technical documentation, including requirements, design specifications, and test procedures
• Support anomaly investigations and resolution for GNC-related issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems engineering, electrical, mechanical, and software engineering

Principal GNC Systems Engineer

• Work with the program’s Lead Systems Engineer to ensure compliance with design standards, processes, and general best practices.
• Apply a variety of technical principles and tools in Systems Engineering such as CONOPs development, requirements definition and analysis, and interface definition.
• Decompose high-level requirements into lower-level system architecture, system design requirements, and functional block diagrams.
• Work with subsystems to ensure proper requirements definition, verification and validation plans, consistency with system and mission objectives.
• Coordinate with specialty engineering functions in support of subsystem development teams.
• Oversee verification and validation strategies, plans and processes to ensure software and hardware components, and the integrated spacecraft subsystems will meet system requirements and mission goals.
• Create and oversee the execution of test plans, procedures and generation of results reports.
• Collaborate with other program elements (I&T, ground systems, flight operations, mission management, and systems architecture) to understand their needs and create holistic solutions.
• Identify and assist in the management of technical, schedule and cost risks.
• Work with the flight software team to resolve implementation issues, review the software development processes, link their development to L3 and L4 requirements and needed functional behaviors.
• Assist in the planning and develop of system-level verification methods and events.
• Support and collaborate with the Assembly, Integration and Test team in developing test procedures and scripts.
• Support integration activities “on the floor” in the spacecraft assembly facility.
• Assist with proposals based on knowledge of spacecraft capabilities and functions.
• Manage technical performance measures for the overall vehicle.
• Participate in gated program reviews and drive subsequent actions to closure.
• Drive process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency.

Aerospace Systems Engineer III

• Ability to solve a variety of static and dynamic structural problems using physics-based analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools)
• Acceleration, shock, and vibration measurement and data interpretation of ground and flight tests
• Modeling, simulation, and verification of spacecraft launch, in-space burns, and landing events
• Finite Element Model development, refinement, validation, and correlation to tests
• General loads development for spacecraft and related ground systems
• Solid foundation of structural static/dynamic fundamentals
• Support configuration development and trade studies
• Femap, NASTRAN, and Matlab proficiency

Structural Analyst III, Loads & Dynamics – Lunar Permanence

• Develop, decompose, allocate, and manage requirements for structural and mechanical subsystems; maintain end-to-end traceability to lunar mission objectives and program-level requirements.
• Define and control interfaces (ICDs) across mechanical/electrical/software/ops boundaries, including vehicle-to-payload and vehicle-to-ground/support equipment interfaces.
• Plan and execute subsystem/system integration for structures and mechanisms; coordinate across design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, and test to deliver flight-ready hardware.
• Interface with the Verification team to define verification strategies and methods (test/analysis/inspection/similarity), author and approve verification plans/procedures, and drive verification closure with clear objective evidence.
• Ensure design and verification approaches address lunar environments and operational constraints (thermal extremes, dust/regolith considerations, vacuum, launch loads, landing loads/shock, reliability/operability).
• Lead/participate in anomaly investigations and FRACAS activities; perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
• Support technical reviews and readiness milestones (SRR/PDR/CDR/TRR/FRR), presenting requirements status, verification status, risks, and interface readiness.
• Improve systems engineering processes (requirements quality, configuration/change control, verification workflow, interface management).

Aerospace Systems Engineer III – Structures, Mechanisms

Designer

• Design and testing of primary and secondary structures, including composites and metallic piece parts, as well as integrated structural assemblies
• Create 3D models, detail part drawings, assemblies, installations, and interface control documents
• Support configuration development and trade studies
• Apply practical approaches to hardware fabrication and cost impacts
• Work with vertically integrated teams that are responsible for materials and manufacturing processes to produce world-class aerospace hardware

Structural Designer III – Lunar Permanence

• Define & Own Requirements – Lead component requirement definition for lunar-specific environments, negotiate critical interfaces, and evaluate both in-house and vendor solutions through rigorous first-order analysis
• Drive Design Reviews – Present detailed component designs to cross-functional teams, defend technical decisions, and collaborate across lunar vehicle systems
• Specify & Procure – Partner with suppliers to source optimal materials and components optimized for lunar transporter missions
• Execute the Full Cycle – From design refinement through build, test, and delivery—watch your components launch toward the Moon
• Document Excellence – Generate engineering drawings, P&IDs, and verification packages that meet lunar mission standards
• Lead Problem Solving – Conduct structural and fluid analyses using industry-leading tools (ANSYS, Thermal Desktop, Creo/ProEngineer) in the lunar thermal and vacuum environment

Liquids Cryogenic Hardware Design Engineer III – Lunar Permanence

Business Intelligence Developer

• Craft and develop scalable reporting, dashboards and data solutions using SQL, Tableau, and other tools
• Build custom data visualizations and interactive analytical applications using web frameworks to deliver experiences beyond what standard BI tools provide
• Develop automation solutions to integrate disparate systems and automate otherwise manual workload
• Create analytical data models that support standardized metrics tied to production rate ramp and supply chain performance
• Collaborate with supply chain leaders, production control, and program management to identify and build metrics that enable leaders to lead their teams
• Build strategic reporting solutions for leadership to support Weekly Business Reviews and Monthly Business Reviews
• Work with partners and domain specialists to generate reporting, application, and integration requirements
• Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development, and critically review and refine all outputs before shipping to production
• Provide business analysis and technical expertise to internal and external partners
• Maintain day-to-day workflow and communication with a variety of partners across the company