We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

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 our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. 

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

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support early feasibility studies, subsystem architecture development, definition of subsystem and component trade space, and concept of operations
• Perform analyses and trades to validate requirements
• Analyze data from Monte Carlo simulation
• Collaborate with other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to support define subsystem boundaries and interfaces
• Support the definition, development, and execution of simulations and tools necessary for verification of subsystem functionalities
• Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies to its requirement

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering
• Applied industry experience and/or M.S. or Ph.D. focused on trades and analyses for GN&C subsystems
• Experience in modeling GN&C components, and analyzing performance of GN&C subsystem or components via simulation, testing, or analytical methods
• Understands relationship between GN&C, vehicle sizing, and vehicle automation
• Knowledge in control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals
• Experience in Matlab/Simulink
• Experience with Monte Carlo simulation results
• Experienced in configuration and product data management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related technical field
• Experience in development, implementation, and testing of guidance, navigation, and control algorithms on aerospace vehicles
• Experience working with GN&C sensors and actuators
• Experience in full development lifecycle of spacecraft GN&C subsystems
• Experience with Rendezvous Proximity Operations and Docking
• Experience designing and evaluating Monte Carlo simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, and software-in-the-loop testing
• Experience with performing system safety analyses including Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA