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System Safety Engineer III- Lunar Permanence Verified today

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

As a System Safety and Reliability Engineer, you will support the Core Avionics group within the Lunar Permanence business unit. Core Avionics develops and tests electrical components including power, command and data handling, and guidance, navigation and control systems for Blue Moon landers.

You will work on the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program in partnership with NASA and National Team Partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and reliability predictions for avionics hardware
  • Support development of Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Hazard Sheets, Common Cause Analyses (CCA), Architecture Safety Allocations (ASA), and Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)
  • Ensure traceability between subsystem and component functions, requirements, and safety artifacts
  • Collaborate with Vehicle Systems Engineers to ensure commonality across safety products

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. degree or equivalent relevant experience in engineering or related technical field
  • 2+ years of strong system safety and mission assurance experience, including FMECAs, FTAs, and FHAs
  • 5+ years of proven industry experience in electronic hardware development
  • Experience with reliability predictions per MIL-HDBK-217F, 217Plus, PRISM, or equivalent
  • Applied knowledge of systems engineering principles including requirements development, validation, and verification
  • Ability to earn trust and maintain positive professional relationships
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • M.S. in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical subject area
  • Experience with aerospace safety standards such as MIL-STD-882 and SAE ARP-4761
  • Experience with reliability data sources such as NPRD and EPRD, and Windchill software for reliability models and FTAs
  • Experience with reliability and life test design, Weibull analysis, stress-strength interference analyses, probability distribution estimation, reliability growth modeling, and probabilistic risk analysis
  • Experience with Physics of Failure and analysis toolsets such as Ansys Sherlock
  • Applied industry experience with spaceborne avionics

Compensation and Location

Base pay range varies by location. Colorado applicants: $119,814.00 to $167,738.55. Washington applicants: $130,706.00 to $182,987.70.

Relocation provided. Travel not typically expected, but up to 15% on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident with current Green Card, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Standard background check required for all positions.