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Sr. Systems Engineer - Fault Management & System Autonomy (TS/SCI Required) Verified today

Blue Origin · 2 Locations · Space Systems · first seen 2026-10-14
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About the role

This position is part of Blue National Security, focused on launch and spacecraft systems for national security missions. You will join the Spacecraft Systems Engineering team to develop fault management and system autonomy (FMSA) architecture, with emphasis on processes, products, and analyses across all mission phases.

You will work with fault protection and system autonomy requirements, testing, validation, and verification. This role demands strong collaboration across the SSE team and the entire program in a fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities

  • Establish and design fault management architectures including design principles and requirements
  • Assist in defining redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems
  • Lead architecture, design, and analysis of autonomous behaviors, modes, and states
  • Direct engineering activities including Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Hazard Analyses (FHAs), Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA), reliability analyses, and developing mitigation plans
  • Plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation programs
  • Monitor and approve fault management and autonomy design, development, and test
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers across the program and company
  • Perform as primary FMSA engineer for spacecraft development programs
  • Collaborate across Blue Ring FMSA engineers to develop best practices and identify common architecture opportunities across platforms

Minimum qualifications

  • B.S. degree in aerospace engineering or related field
  • 10+ years related experience in design, development, and test of aerospace systems, preferably spacecraft
  • Demonstrated experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety and mission-critical systems
  • Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and test
  • Experience with full lifecycle aerospace systems development: requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning, and operation
  • First principles knowledge of major spacecraft subsystems
  • Experience performing and leading safety analyses including FMECA, FTA, FHAs, and Human Error Assessments
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, fluid schematics, and electrical circuit diagrams
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate technical information to non-technical partners
  • Ability to form relationships with experts from varying engineering fields and provide constructive feedback on FMSA, safety, and reliability concerns
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
  • U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred qualifications

  • M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related field
  • Experience performing system safety and/or reliability analyses on satellites or human-rated in-space systems
  • Strong safety and mission assurance fundamentals
  • Experience performing compliance assessment of system safety processes and products against external standards including Range Safety, NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, or ARP-4761
  • Process ownership and maintenance experience
  • Experience defining and performing complex trade studies
  • Experience with design, development, and certification of human spaceflight systems, avionics system architectures and designs, and radiation environments/effects
  • Experience with logical and physical architecture definition and decomposition
  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing

Location and travel

Based in the Greater Seattle area. Travel expected to be approximately 15% of the time. Relocation assistance provided.

Compensation

Base pay range: WA applicants $145,188.00 to $203,263.20; CO applicants $133,500.00 to $186,898.95. 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
  • Paid time off: up to 4 weeks per year based on scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company-paid holidays

Clearance and citizenship

TS/SCI with CI poly required. Must be U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as refugee or granted asylum.