HLS Program Safety and Reliability Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall program safety and reliability processes and deliveries in coordination with Blue Origin and NASA safety teams.
• Facilitate consistent processes and deliveries from the vehicle and operations elements.
• Produce integrated hazard reports between elements.
• Produce program reliability assessments to assist in identifying opportunities for risk reduction.
• Track metrics against safety and reliability products in support of design and certification milestones.
• Serve as Blue Origin focal on the NASA Safety Review Panel (SRP).
• Perform technical work and provide technical leadership of the highest caliber.
• Utilize good engineering and business judgement to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered.
• Work independently toward long‑range objectives without appreciable direction and determine the technical objectives of assignments to develop approaches to solutions.
• Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles.
• Work with multiple partners to define system‑level interfaces that cross element boundaries.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the element teams.

• Expertise in the use of hazard and reliability analyses of complex systems, including requirements and system validation approaches.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or another technical field.

• Experience with NASA Safety Review Panel (SRP) for human spaceflight.
• Experience with the Blue Origin SLD Program, either MK1 or MK2.
• Experience operating on an Agile team.
• Experience with NASA certification of flight readiness process for a new system.
• Experience with NASA lunar, deep space, or planetary missions.
• Experience working on large complex programs with multiple partners.

CO applicants: $ - $
WA applicants: $ - $
Other site ranges may differ

• 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.

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