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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will serve as a Test Definition Responsible Engineer (RE) for Blue Origin's Human Landing System (HLS), driving integrated test definition across programs, elements, and partners to help land astronauts on the Moon. You will act as the connective tissue between test groups, systems and vehicle test teams, mission operations, and external partners - bringing stakeholders together, owning integrated and joint test plans, and ensuring that what we test and how we made that decision traces cleanly through to certification. You will own the definition of how HLS elements are tested together, close the gaps between them, and carry an integrated test perspective from planning through production operations. This is a senior, technical integrator role for someone who thrives at the seams between organizations.

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time
• Interviews will include a technical assessment
• Team scope includes both NASA Joint Test Definition and Blue-to-Blue Integrated Test Definition

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as an HLS test integrator and Responsible Engineer - driving test definition into integrated, joint, and interelement testing, establishing how HLS elements are tested together, and bringing test groups, systems/vehicle test, mission operations, and partners to a single integrated definition
• Design and implement test planning and definition processes across the organization with a tie to certification products.
• Create and coordinate integrated and joint test plans across test beds, systems test, vehicle test, and mission operations, including end-to-end, mission-level test solutions
• Assess interface documents (ICDs/IRDs) against test objectives to confirm requirements are traced appropriately and to identify and close missing or ambiguous requirements
• Review engineering and design changes, participate in release cycles, and keep test definitions current across all data repositories, ensuring requirements flow correctly to the IPTs
• Provide integrated master schedule (IMS) inputs and thread schedule and test dependencies across integrated product teams (IPTs), maintaining a top-down and bottom-up integrated HLS test perspective
• Own test data products end-to-end and drive test definition downstream into production test operations and work execution; identify test gaps - including unique environments and cross-program test resource needs (test sites, ground test articles, specialized facilities) - and represent HLS test in enterprise-level and multi-user test resource discussions
• Interface with the customer and partner elements on test coordination and test insight, representing HLS in joint and integrated reviews
• Provide technical mentoring and lead cross-functional test efforts through informal and formal technical leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, systems, or related)
• 8+ years of relevant experience in test engineering, systems test, integration & test, or verification engineering across the test design and execution lifecycle; an advanced degree may substitute for a portion of the experience requirement
• Demonstrated experience owning test planning, requirements verification, and integrated or system-level test definition with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of interface management (ICDs/IRDs), requirements traceability and verification, and integrated master schedule dependencies
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and coordinate across multiple organizations without direct authority
• 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

• Advanced degree in an engineering or technical discipline
• Human spaceflight, crewed vehicle, launch vehicle, or experience with another safety-critical and regulated industry (medical devices, nuclear, automotive, etc.)
• Experience integrating with NASA or a major aerospace customer/partner, including working to customer oversight/insight processes and joint test coordination
• Experience defining or executing integrated, interelement, or joint end-to-end test campaigns across multiple elements or organizations
• Familiarity with verification and certification processes, hazard analyses/hazard reports, and test compliance/verification-artifact processes
• Proficiency with requirements management and modeling tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Cameo) and scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera)
• Prior experience acting as a test integrator or Responsible Engineer across organizational boundaries
• Demonstrated technical mentoring and the ability to set technical direction for a test scope

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Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "Know Your Rights," please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us atEEOCompliance@blueorigin.com. Please note this is a publicly managed inbox. Please do not include any personal medical information in your request.