Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineer I - Early Career & New Graduate Rotation (2027 Starts) Verified today
About the role
You'll design, analyze, develop, and verify guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) software for spaceflight systems. Your work will build on existing human-rated GN&C software to improve reliability, enable new capabilities, and reduce operating costs.
Your projects may include guidance, navigation, controls, autonomy, avionics, simulation, mission design, trajectory optimization, system test, aero sciences, and systems engineering.
Key responsibilities
- Design, analyze, develop and verify GN&C software for spaceflight systems
- Build on existing human-rated GN&C software to improve reliability, enable capabilities, and reduce operating cost
- Perform system analyses, including simulations and Monte-Carlo, to satisfy specifications and requirements and drive system-level architectural decisions
- Work on rapid development programs independently and as part of a team
Career pathways
Blue Origin offers two full-time employment pathways. Indicate your preference in your application:
- Direct Hire: Multiple positions available across Business Units. You'll be matched with an engineering team based on your skillset and current business needs.
- New Graduate Rotation Program: A one-year development program with three four-month rotations exploring New Glenn, Blue Engines, Lunar Permanence, Blue National Security, Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering, and Operations. After completion, you'll collaborate with the Program Manager to determine the best team fit for your ongoing career.
Minimum qualifications
- B.S. degree in physics, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other relevant engineering field
- Will have earned degree within the last year and able to start Fall 2027
- Demonstrated knowledge in designing and testing control systems for aerospace vehicles or mechanical and fluidic subsystems
- Fundamental understanding of dynamics, orbital mechanics, estimation, and control theory
- Practical experience in guidance, navigation, and controls algorithm development and analysis for aerospace or mobile robotic applications
- Strong software and model development skills, particularly in MATLAB/Simulink and C/C++
- Relevant internship, co-op, and/or hands-on experience demonstrating technical skills and leadership qualities
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs
- Flexible and adaptable mindset
- Self-driven with ability to seek out requirements with minimal direction
Desired qualifications
- M.S. degree or PhD in physics, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or relevant STEM field
- Knowledge of multi-body dynamics, flexible body dynamics, gas and fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics
- Experience with modeling electro-mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical subsystems
- Experience anchoring/fitting first principles models to test data or high-fidelity external simulations using system identification or other numerical methods
- Experience developing and verifying physical models for control design, component sizing, and system performance evaluation
- Experience with Spacecraft Systems Engineering
- Experience with Monte Carlo simulation testing
- Experience supporting flight testing or launch operations
- Experience supporting component level testing and/or flight testing
- Ability to continuously manage risk and become comfortable with lean software development techniques
- Proven system engineering and configuration management skills
- Experience with Python and Linux environments
- Experience with Verification and Validation
Locations
Primary locations: Kent WA, Denver CO, Reston VA. Indicate in your application where you would be willing to be located.
Compensation and benefits
Base pay range (by location):
- CA applicants: $87,816.00 - $122,942.40
- CO applicants: $80,499.00 - $112,697.55
- WA applicants: $87,816.00 - $122,942.40
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 all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
- Paid time off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Bonuses based on company's intent to reward individual contributions (amounts and eligibility not guaranteed)
Requirements
Applicants for employment must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background check required for all positions.
How to apply
When you apply, include your internship, co-curricular, and research experience in your resume. Include relevant programming languages used in these settings. If you haven't yet used a tool professionally, include relevant coursework demonstrating your preparation for this role.
Experience in aerospace is not a requirement. Blue Origin values broad academic and industry experiences from Tech, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Automotive, and more.