System Safety Engineer III - Glenn

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed. 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!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single‑configuration, heavy‑lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low‑Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human‑capable. Fully independent system safety engineer with deep systems engineering fluency. Owns end‑to‑end safety assessment for vehicle elements and subsystems—hazard analysis, failure mode identification, risk quantification, and safety case development—while also contributing to systems engineering integration, verification, and certification activities.

This role bridges the gap between the SQMA safety organization and element‑level SE teams, ensuring safety is embedded in the design process rather than applied after the fact. Reports within AERS Engineering & Systems on the New Glenn GS1/9E program.

• Author and maintain FMECAs for assigned subsystems
• derive Critical Items Lists (CIL) and basic events for Fault Tree Analyses
• Develop and maintain Fault Tree Analyses (FTA) for safety‑critical functions
• quantify unreliability and identify single‑point failures and common‑cause vulnerabilities
• Perform Common Cause Analyses (CCA) and Zonal Safety Assessments to identify latent failure interactions
• Own hazard sheets and hazard tracking for assigned subsystems
• drive hazard closure through design changes, operational controls, or accepted risk
• Develop safety requirements and derive safety‑related design constraints
• flow into DNG requirements and track verification closure
• Support Architecture Safety Assessments (ASA)—ensure system architecture meets safety intent and that redundancy/independence claims are substantiated
• Represent system safety at design reviews
• author safety review packages and present findings to safety review boards
• Perform safety assessments for Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and nonconformance dispositions—evaluate safety impact of proposed changes
• Lead or support mishap/anomaly investigation safety analysis (contributing cause identification, barrier analysis, corrective action adequacy assessment)
• Experience with FAA 14 CFR Part 450 public safety requirements

• Contribute to element‑level systems engineering for 9E GS1—requirements decomposition, interface management, verification planning, and configuration control
• Lead verification campaigns for safety‑critical requirements—plan, execute, and close out verification evidence
• Perform cross‑subsystem integration analysis at vehicle interfaces where safety and systems engineering intersect (e.g., propulsion/structures, avionics/GN&C, TPS/thermal)
• Represent SE and safety at program‑level forums
• drive action closure on safety‑related items
• Author technical decision memos and trade study reports for safety‑critical design choices
• Support certification activities—Element Design Reviews (EDRs), Pre‑Ship Reviews (PSRs), Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs)—with safety case artifacts
• Contribute to customer certification safety documentation as the program scales toward national security missions

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (M.S.…