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 Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security and human spaceflight.

In this position you will work as a member of the Engines Flight Support team which is a customer service center that supports our customer as they integrate, fly, and reuse Blue Origin’s engines. It will be your responsibility to advise our customers as a Subject Matter Expert, both internal and external, as they integrate our engines into the flight vehicle, verify the installation, and certify the installation for flight. Leading up to day-of-launch, EFS will report engine status at Mission and Flight Readiness Reviews and work with a team of responsible engineers (RE) to write, review, and execute launch procedures. You will provide engineering support in launch/mission control during flight, analyze flight data, lead engine subsystem data reviews, and provide feedback on flight data results to the customer base, designers, and component owners for implementation into future engine upgrades. To support post-flight engine refurbishment activities, you will assess hardware health and evaluate engine readiness for flight.

As part of this role, you will use your system engineering skills to lead and support development of the specifications that are used for engine integration into the flight vehicle, development of flight level ConOps, and be a general voice for the Engines group at the launch site.

Aside from direct launch and flight support, you will serve as Engines point of contact for the vehicle customer, lead problem solving efforts and assist to disposition non-conformances. As subject matter expert in launch vehicle and flight operations you will help establish standards to streamline the engine integration and checkout process to minimize schedule impacts and identify, communicate, and mitigate risks.

If required, you will also lead anomaly investigations, mentor younger team members in your areas of expertise and assist functional managers in interviewing and hiring new talent.

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

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace/mechanical engineering or physics
• 5 years proven ability in propulsion development, test, or launch/flight operations
• Strong understanding and ability to apply engineering fundamentals including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and structures
• Prior experience with propulsion and launch vehicle operations ranging from engine integration through mission operations
• Prior Experience in test and flight data analysis
• Solid understanding of cryogenic propellants (liquid hydrogen, liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen)
• Working knowledge of engine components such as pumps, valves, regulators, actuators and other high pressure and cryogenic fluid system components
• Understands instrumentation including pressure transducers, thermocouples, and accelerometers
• Proven track record to identify and handle risks in a sophisticated dynamic system
• Knowledge of system engineering practices
• Desire to work in a collaborative, fast paced, and multifaceted environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel to support flight and test activities
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our 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.

Desired:

• Advanced degree in aerospace/mechanical engineering or physics
• Experience with liquid rocket engine testing
• Experience with data processing and writing automated data scripts in MATLAB or Python
• Export Control Regulations