HLS Program Safety and Reliability Senior Systems Engineer Verified today

Blue Origin · 3 Locations · Space Systems · first seen 2026-09-03

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. You will build sustainable infrastructure for transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the overall program safety and reliability processes and deliveries in coordination with Blue Origin and NASA safety teams
  • Facilitate consistent processes and deliveries from the vehicle and operations elements
  • Produce integrated hazard reports between elements
  • Produce program reliability assessments to assist in identifying opportunities for risk reduction
  • Track metrics against safety and reliability products in support of design and certification milestones
  • Serve as Blue Origin focal on the NASA Safety Review Panel (SRP)
  • Perform technical work and provide technical leadership of the highest caliber
  • Utilize good engineering and business judgement to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered
  • Work independently toward long-range objectives without appreciable direction and determine the technical objectives of assignments to develop approaches to solutions
  • Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles
  • Work with multiple partners to define system-level interfaces that cross element boundaries
  • Provide leadership and guidance to the element teams

Minimum Qualifications

  • Expertise in the use of hazard and reliability analyses of complex systems, including requirements and system validation approaches
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or another technical field

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with NASA Safety Review Panel (SRP) for human spaceflight
  • Experience with the Blue Origin SLD Program, either MK1 or MK2
  • Experience operating on an Agile team
  • Experience with NASA certification of flight readiness process for a new system
  • Experience with NASA lunar, deep space, or planetary missions
  • Experience working on large complex programs with multiple partners

Compensation

Base Pay Range: CO applicants $133,500 - $186,898.95; WA applicants $145,188 - $203,263.20. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with company match up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Stock options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
  • Up to four weeks paid time off per year based on scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
  • Bonuses eligible based on role type and job level (not guaranteed)

Employment Requirements

Applicants 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.