GNC Systems Engineer III – Lunar Transportation

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.   

As part of a hardworking team of diverse spacecraft development engineers, you will be responsible for systems engineering products for the Guidance Navigation and Control (GN&C) subsystem and its components. You will participate in derivation and development of subsystem requirements, performing analyses and trade studies to validate requirements, and maintaining subsystem specification, budgets, and performance metrics. You will collaborate with the vehicle systems engineering, propulsion, structures, and dynamics teams to ensure design coordination to meet the vehicle performance deliverables. You will need to be able to communicate technical information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing. 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 positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!  

Responsibilities:  

• Support early feasibility studies, subsystem architecture development, definition of subsystem and component trade space, and concept of operations 

• Derive and develop subsystem requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, budgets and performance metrics 

• 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 requirements 

Qualifications:  

• B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering 

• Applied industry experience and/or M.S. or Ph.D. focused on development of requirements, interfaces, 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 

• 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 

Desired (but not required): 

• 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 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

The compensation range for on-site WA applicants is $136,800 - $200,640

The compensation range for on-site CO applicants is $125,400 - $183,920

The compensation range for on-site CA applicants is $136,800 - $200,640

Other site ranges may differ