Electrical Power Systems, Systems Engineer - Lunar Permenance

working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building the sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from earth to the Lunar Surface. 

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team, you will contribute to the design of the Electrical Power System (EPS) for future space vehicles. EPS scope includes power generation, storage, regulation, control, and distribution to vehicle subsystems and payloads. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration, and your dedicated commitment and detailed attention will further the cause of safe and repeatable spaceflight.

In this role, you will be responsible for the verification and validation campaign for the Electrical Power System. You will assess and support development of EPS functional and performance requirements, work directly with I&T (Integration & Test) engineers to establish subsystem test plans and procedures, work with component responsible engineers to generate hardware test campaigns, and manage the traceability between requirements and test cases to verify subsystem performance and ensure safe and reliable operations in space. You should expect that this foundational part of our vision will require excellent communication and teamwork. 

You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Develop subsystem and component level verification and validation activity definitions including verification methods, expectations, and compliance criteria
• Create verification matrices assessing compliance to subsystem and component level requirements
• Work directly within integrated environments such as JAMA, DOORS, and DOORS Next Gen to manage requirements/verification traceability
• Supporting system and lower-level requirements management, including change control, audits, and coordination with other teams
• Track metrics against requirements, verification, and certification products
• Coordinate and collaborate as needed to ensure alignment of V&V activities in accordance with V&V plan
• Author rationale for non-compliances to gain customer disposition
• Develop system-level verification closure products including preparation of Detailed Verification Objectives and Verification Closure Notices
• Coordinate with Integration & Test teams to ensure test facilities (including integration labs) have the required capabilities per requirements definition
• Track V&V activities to successful completion, which may include reviewing subsystem test plans and possible travel to test facilities when needed
• Support the alignment, documentation, and consistent implementation of Lunar Permanence System engineering practices across applicable projects

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace or related disciplines
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working requirements development, decomposition, verification and validation in aerospace or other applicable industries
• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles and practices such as requirements definition, requirements traceability, functional decomposition, and verification and validation 
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and supply to a culture of collaboration
• 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:

• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical subject area
• 4 years of space systems engineering or fungible experience in other highly complex industry areas (such as aerospace, medical, or automotive)
• Industry experience in spacecraft design, particularly related to electrical power systems
• Experience with end-to-end product development, from concept definition to hardware integration

Experience with systems engineering modeling tools, such as Rhapsody or Cameo