GN&C Systems Engineer II Verified today
About This Role
This position is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, developing Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products to build sustainable infrastructure for crew and cargo transport from Earth to the lunar surface.
As a GN&C Systems Engineer II, you will be responsible for systems engineering products for the Guidance Navigation and Control subsystem and its components. You will participate in derivation and development of subsystem requirements and Concepts of Operations (ConOps), performing analyses and trade studies to validate requirements, and maintaining subsystem specification, budgets, and performance metrics.
Key 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 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
- Develop tools needed to design, build, deploy and support simulation infrastructure
- Develop and integrate multidisciplinary models for multi-vehicle simulation using Simulink and C/C++
- Work with software-in-the-loop simulations, hardware-in-the-loop labs, and on-vehicle simulations
- Communicate technical information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
Minimum 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 C/C++
- Experience designing and evaluating Monte Carlo simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, and software-in-the-loop testing
- 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 in Matlab/Simulink and Model Based Development
- Experience in Rust
- Experience with Rendezvous Proximity Operations and Docking
- 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
Compensation and Benefits
Base pay range varies by location: CO applicants $98,208.00 - $137,491.20; WA applicants $107,136.00 - $149,990.40. Other site ranges may differ.
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match of up to 5%, Education Support Program, stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week), and paid time off up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours plus up to 14 company-paid holidays.