What are the responsibilities and job description for the Flight Autonomy Engineer III – Lunar (R39972) position at Blue Origin, LLC?
This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building 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 hardworking team of spacecraft development engineers, you develop and deliver on-board autonomy algorithms, control algorithms, and flight software. You will be responsible for the derivation and development of autonomy requirements, analysis, algorithms, flight software, integration, test, verification, and validation. In this role, you will use your experience in the implementation of on-board autonomy and mechanical, thermal, fluid, and gaseous control systems.
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:
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Derive and develop autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, and performance metrics.
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Collaborate with GN&C and other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to support the development of low- and high-fidelity plant models.
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Build control code in Simulink to support autocoding to target
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Support the development, and execution of simulations and tools required for verification of functionalities.
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Use Matlab and Simulink to analyze, unit test, and verify control and autonomy algorithms.
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Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies to its requirements.
Minimum Qualifications:
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Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering
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Applied industry experience and/or M.S. or Ph.D. focused on development of spacecraft autonomy and controls
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Experience developing embedded control systems for complex aerospace systems
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Proven experience in modeling and simulation autonomy and controls operations
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Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals
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Experience in Matlab, Simulink, and Stateflow
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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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:
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M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related technical field
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Experience in development and implementation of real-time embedded control solutions
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Experience in full lifecycle development of GN&C and/or Autonomy on spacecraft
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Experience designing, evaluating, and simulating state machines
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Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
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Familiarity with DO-178, DO-160, and DO-254 or similar guidelines
