This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. 

As the Cargo Delivery Element (CDE) Test Lead, you will report to the Senior Manager of the CDE and directly support the Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program execution. The products developed provide Lunar Transportation lander vehicles with Cargo Accommodations products to enable unprecedented crew and mass-to-surface capabilities. This position will support all aspects of CDE product development as it relates to system-level testing and the associated verification, validation, and certification activities. The CDE Test Lead will support the SLD Integration & Test (I&T) team in the execution of CDE-level test activities while serving as the point of contact for test coordination and logistics across the National Team partners. The CDE Test lead will support the CDE Senior Manager in costs, schedule, technical design, and risk management planning of the CDE test program. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention toward safe and reliable spaceflight.

You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

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

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the CDE technical team to develop and deliver vehicles, systems, and products that meet mission objectives and satisfy requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and risk.
• Lead the test definition and planning of the CDE, including standards review and compliance checks, test requirements definition, test plan development, subsequent data reductions and reviews, and report generation (acceptance data packages, verification closure notices, etc.) in support of CDE delivery to the SLD team.
• Plan and coordinate the CDE test program, with the help of the SLD I&T team, across Blue Origin and the National Team partners.
• Lead in the definition and overall status of CDE test hardware development, procurement, and delivery of electrical and mechanical ground support equipment for systems-level tests.
• Deeply understand system-level test operations, including troubleshooting of test systems.
• Identify opportunities for safety improvements and cost savings.
• Support National Team partners in systems products as they relate to the test, verification, validation, and certification of their product deliverables.
• Support in the delivery of Cargo Accommodations products including, but not limited to, cargo/payload accommodations and offloading mechanisms.
• Support in the monitoring of technical progress, requirements, budget, schedule, deliverables, and risks as they relate to the CDE test programs, as well as review recommendations for change, with the CDE Senior Manager.
• Utilize good engineering and business judgment to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered.
• Work independently toward long-range objectives without appreciable direction and determine the technical objectives of assignments to develop approaches to solutions.
• Perform technical work and provide technical leadership of the highest caliber.
• Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering, or related technical subject area.
• Minimum 5 years of testing experience in spacecraft (satellites, (un)crewed spacecraft, payloads, etc.) or aircraft (commercial, military).
• Experience with space systems design, integration, and testing such as space mission analysis, specialty engineering, and qualification testing.
• Proven technical leadership and project management skills in highly multi-functional roles.
• Demonstrated success interacting with and presenting to external customers (preferably US Government).
• Experience in the principles and methods of systems engineering such as concept development, requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning, and operations.
• Experience regularly providing imaginative and detailed technical solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Established technical expertise in test design, operations, execution, and maintenance.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, SMC-S-016, and MIL-STD-1540.
• Experience with payload integration and operations.
• Familiar with agile project management.
• Experience with risk management and requirements management.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools and data management.
• Experience with JAMA, DOORS, or DOORs Next Generation.