Fleet Naval Architect; Analyst​/Naval Architect

Fleet Naval Architect (Analyst / Naval Architect) – The primary technical authority for Blue Origin’s in‑service maritime assets supporting New Glenn recovery operations. This hands‑on field‑engineering role includes troubleshooting real problems on ships, maintaining safety and class compliance, and ensuring mission readiness as launch cadence increases.

• Serve as the primary technical authority over Blue Origin’s in‑service maritime assets, including booster recovery vessels, support craft, and shoreside marine infrastructure.
• Provide engineering oversight of the operating fleet, ensuring continued compliance with ABS rules, USCG regulations (CFRs), flag and port‑state requirements, and contractual specifications.
• Plan, scope, and technically execute drydock periods, special and annual ABS surveys, USCG COI / inspection cycles, and condition‑based maintenance windows.
• Review and approve modifications, upgrades, and repair dispositions on in‑service vessels: drawings, calculations, work packages, and test procedures.
• Coordinate with ABS surveyors and USCG OCMIs for all in‑service regulatory obligations, including credit surveys, conditions of class, and inspection findings closure.
• Lead technical trade studies and risk‑management activities for in‑service modifications, upgrades, and operational changes; defend or revise design decisions during active solution trades when the recovery mission, sea state, or aerospace interface drives new requirements.
• Interface with the Aerospace Engineering teams to ensure marine assets continue to accommodate recovery operations as recovery hardware, sequences, and concepts of operations evolve.
• Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and shipboard commissioning for in‑service equipment replacements, automation upgrades, and major component overhauls; co‑review FAT for new‑build items where in‑service operability or commonality is implicated.
• Coordinate with the Senior Marine Electrical Engineer on in‑service electrical system health, integration of upgrades, and recommissioning after repair.
• Participate in new‑build technical reviews led by the Technical Lead (Analyst / Naval Architect) as co‑reviewer for operability, maintainability, sparing, and crew transition; provide field‑derived feedback to inform construction decisions.
• Coordinate with the Recovery Offshore Operations Engineer on in‑service vessel performance, recovery equipment integration, and operational requirements; assume primary mentorship of the Recovery Offshore Operations Engineer on vessel systems and classification topics post‑delivery, in coordination with the new‑build Technical Lead during construction.
• Hold technical authority over port engineering and maintenance contractors, OEM field service representatives, and shoreside support personnel; assign tasks, set technical direction, and verify execution.
• Read and assess blueprints, schematics, survey reports, and OEM service bulletins to ensure all maritime assets align with OEM best practices and to maximize system performance and lifetime.
• Manage subcontracts with marine repair yards, OEMs, and component suppliers, including requests for proposal, specifications, statements of work, budget tracking, and execution oversight.
• Lead casualty investigations, root‑cause analyses, and corrective action plans for in‑service failures, near‑misses, and operational anomalies.
• Develop and maintain technical baselines, configuration records, and modification histories for each fleet asset; ensure clean handoff at delivery from the new‑build program.
• Provide status reporting to senior management on fleet technical health, survey and drydock readiness, and modification execution.
• Plan and conduct hazardous or critical operations at the pier, in drydock, and at sea, with a strong safety mindset and hands‑on involvement.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years of combined relevant field experience in vessel asset management, port engineering, in‑service vessel modifications and repairs, or sailing experience as…