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Safety and Reliability Sr. Systems Engineer Verified today

Blue Origin · 4 Locations · Space Systems · first seen 2026-09-03
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About the Role

You will work on New Glenn at the system level as part of the SEIT system safety, reliability and risk team. You'll develop processes and products for the design and evaluation of the New Glenn orbital launch vehicle system and facilities. Working with a small team, you'll apply technical expertise, leadership, and commitment to quality to support safe human spaceflight.

New Glenn is a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Key Responsibilities

  • Create, evaluate, and perform reviews of system safety and reliability analyses including Hazard Assessments, FMECAs/HAZOPs, Fault Trees, Common Cause Assessments, Reliability Predictions, Reliability Block Diagrams, Human Error Assessments, and Hazard Sheets
  • Evaluate safety products and requirements for compliance with system safety processes against internal and external standards including Range Safety, NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, or ARP-4761
  • Implement and maintain system safety processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities
  • Train and mentor engineers on identifying and analyzing system safety risks
  • Work with systems engineering and subsystem cognizant engineers to identify and verify compliance with system safety requirements
  • Assist in generating metrics and report on program system safety statuses
  • Foster and maintain a healthy culture of system safety for New Glenn
  • Utilize system engineering practices across disciplines, ensure consistent implementations across New Glenn elements and subsystems, and serve in a system integration capacity with multi-discipline teams
  • Support requirements analysis and traceability, functional analysis, systems analysis, safety analysis, technical performance monitoring, and system product life cycle processes

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. degree in engineering or related field
  • 8 or more years of professional experience within integrated systems
  • Experience with system engineering principles
  • Experience in at least one of the areas of analysis, design, or integrated testing
  • Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: fluids, thermal, propulsion, avionics, electrical hardware, telemetry/communications, structural, ground operations or flight/ground autonomy
  • Strategic and proactive thinking with effective communication and ability to work within set timelines
  • 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

  • Experience working within large development programs
  • Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic and fast paced environment
  • System development/integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware
  • Knowledge of current systems engineering/integration tools and corresponding methodologies
  • 3 or more years of system safety/reliability experience performing FHAs, FMEA/FMECAs, FTAs, CCAs, Reliability Predictions, RBDs
  • Experience performing compliance assessments and tailoring FAA/Range Safety launch system requirements
  • Experience with a variety of complex aerospace or launch vehicle systems
  • Professional history of successful process ownership

Workplace and Compensation

Must be on-site full-time in WA, FL, or CO offices.

Base pay range varies by location:

  • CA applicants: $145,188.00 - $203,263.20
  • CO applicants: $133,500.00 - $186,898.95
  • WA applicants: $145,188.00 - $203,263.20

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • 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)
  • Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
  • Bonuses may be eligible based on role type and job level

Application Details

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed. Blue Origin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to attracting and developing a highly qualified workforce.