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Aerospace Systems Engineer II - Fault Management & System Autonomy - Blue Ring (TS/SCI Required) Verified today

Blue Origin · 2 Locations · Space Systems · first seen 2026-09-12
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About the role

You will develop fault management and system autonomy (FMSA) architecture for Blue Ring, Blue Origin's high-powered hybrid solar-electric and chemical-propelled spacecraft. Your work spans all mission phases, from requirements development through testing, validation, and verification. You will collaborate closely with the Blue Ring Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) team and across the full program.

What you will do

  • Establish and manage fault management architectures including design principles and requirements
  • Define redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems
  • Architect, design, and analyze autonomous behaviors, modes, and states
  • Plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation efforts
  • Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and test
  • Drive process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency

What you need

  • B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or equivalent technical field
  • 3+ years of systems engineering principles and processes applied to aerospace system development
  • Demonstrated experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety and mission critical systems
  • Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and test
  • Familiarity with embedded software system design or operation
  • First principles knowledge of major spacecraft subsystems
  • Familiarity with safety and mission assurance analyses including Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Functional Hazard Analyses (FHAs)
  • Ability to form relationships with experts from varying engineering fields and provide constructive feedback about FMSA, safety, and reliability concerns
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
  • Self-directed and capable of balancing several tasks at one time
  • Willingness to travel 10-15%
  • TS/SCI security clearance required

Preferred qualifications

  • M.S. degree in a relevant technical field
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance
  • Subject matter expert in fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety and mission critical systems
  • Embedded software design knowledge or experience
  • Experience defining and performing complex trade studies
  • Experience with design, development, and certification of spaceflight systems, and radiation environments and effects
  • Experience with logical and physical architecture definition and decomposition
  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing

Compensation

Base pay range: CO applicants $90,934 - $127,307.25; WA applicants $99,201 - $138,880.35. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with company match up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
  • Up to 4 weeks paid time off annually and 14 company-paid holidays
  • Eligibility for performance bonuses at company discretion

Employment requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background checks required for all positions.