Lead System Engineer- MK1 Verified today

About the Role

Blue Origin seeks a Level 4+ Lead Systems Engineer for MK1-103/104, the mission delivering NASA's LTV rovers to the lunar surface. You will own vehicle-level technical leadership from Critical Design Review through integration, test, and flight. You will define and baseline requirements, close out design, integrate payload, and verify the vehicle from component test through mission and landing readiness.

Your work determines how the vehicle comes together physically and functionally. You will serve as technical decision-maker across all Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), drive Design Analysis Cycles toward CDR, and partner closely with Build Operations and Vehicle Test for mission success.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Vehicle Lead Systems Engineer for MK1-103/104, owning integrated technical baseline from requirements definition through flight
• Define, decompose, allocate, and manage vehicle and mission requirements and design parameters
• Drive technical content of Design Analysis Cycles toward Critical Design Review, converting mission objectives into an executable engineering plan
• Lead vehicle into and through Critical Design Review and Ops Integration and Test readiness, driving design close-out and change control
• Develop and support verification and validation approach, ensuring every requirement has a defined verification method through component, subassembly, and integrated vehicle campaigns
• Own LTV payload integration, accommodation, and vehicle compliance with payload deployment and offloader concept of operations
• Work with mission analysis teams to ensure vehicle achieves mission objectives reliably with sufficient margins
• Review and approve vehicle and mission-level Interface Control Documents, including NASA LTV and payload interfaces
• Review and approve design-impacting major vehicle decisions
• Lead and delegate vehicle and mission-level trade studies, evaluate cross-system impact of design changes, and drive configuration freezes and change control
• Identify, assess, and track integration and mission risks; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution across teams
• Collaborate with subsystem leads, Requirements Engineers, and Systems Engineering leads on integrated vehicle performance across all mission phases
• Represent vehicle and mission in program, customer reviews, and NASA technical interchanges
• Mentor and guide engineers across the program
• Serve as vehicle spacecraft engineer during mission operations
• Drive technical consensus across functional teams on vehicle and mission-level decisions; present complex trades and status to senior leadership

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
• 12+ years of experience in systems engineering roles within aerospace, defense, or related industries
• Demonstrated experience as technical lead responsible for full-vehicle or multi-element system development and integration
• Experience owning a complex system through the development lifecycle
• Experience developing and executing verification and validation plans
• Experience working directly with subsystems, mission operations, and Integration and Test teams to support vehicle assembly, testing, and operations
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions and achieve consensus across large, cross-functional engineering teams
• Excellence in technical communication, including presenting complex technical challenges and solutions to senior leadership and customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with lunar or planetary landers, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or NASA HLS, Artemis, or CLPS program requirements
• Experience integrating NASA or commercial payloads, including payload-to-vehicle interface management and deployment or offloading concepts of operations
• Experience taking a vehicle through Critical Design Review and into integration, test, and launch operations, including verification closure activities
• Background in one or more analysis disciplines (GN&C, propulsion, thermal, structural, or performance) as applied to integrated vehicles, particularly Descent, Deorbit and Landing
• Familiarity with cryogenic propulsion systems (LH2/LOX)
• Experience with deployable mechanisms (solar arrays, payload offloaders) through development test and qualification
• Experience with requirement definition and verification management
• Familiarity with NASA systems engineering processes, including NPR 7123.1
• Familiarity with GD&T principles and their application to mechanical interfaces
• Experience with system modeling tools and practices
• Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

Compensation

Base pay range for Washington applicants: $145,188 to $203,263.20. Other site ranges may differ.

Requirements

Applicants 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision coverage
• 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 per week
• Up to four weeks paid time off per year based on scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays