Mission Operations Engineer III – Blue Ring

Overview

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re building reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, focused on space infrastructure and on-orbit mobility.

The role of Mission Operations Engineer involves collaborating with cross-functional teams spanning space and ground segments to ensure readiness and flawless execution of on-orbit flight operations for Blue Ring spacecraft. You will contribute to operational concepts, produce critical operations products, and provide on-console leadership during early on-orbit mission phases. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with a strong end-user focus, attention to detail, and the drive to build Blue Ring’s mission operations from the ground up.

Join us in enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

• Based at Reston, VA, or Seattle, WA, offices. Relocation provided.

• Contribute to mission planning, operations concepts, tools, and processes that enable highly effective and labor-efficient real-time spacecraft and ground system operation.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to develop detailed operations procedures, executables, telemetry displays, technical documentation, and other products.
• Drive operations toward increasing efficiency and reliability through automation and the application of AI/ML technologies.
• Ensure deliverables meet applicable quality standards, while promoting maximum reuse and backward compatibility.
• Conduct testing and validation of operations products using hardware and software simulation environments spanning space and ground domains.
• Support systems engineering and other disciplines in developing a spacecraft concept of operations, ensuring efficiency and operability for the end-user.
• Create detailed test procedures to validate end-to-end system capabilities.
• Analyze and assess ground station selection for optimal communications availability.
• Support mission readiness activities including mission rehearsals, mission timeline development, and post-launch test development.
• Provide on-console support during spacecraft launch and early orbit phase, including shift work, from Blue Origin’s mission control facilities.
• Monitor spacecraft state-of-health across all subsystems, perform trending and analyses, and track spacecraft and ground system configurations.
• Support the troubleshooting and resolution of on-orbit anomalies as part of an anomaly response team.
• Foster continuous improvement by contributing, tracking, and implementing lessons-learned for future missions.

• B.S. in Aerospace, Computer Science, Electrical, Systems, or related fields
• 5+ years of proven experience in spacecraft operations development and execution, including real-time support for on-orbit operations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

• M.S. in Space Systems, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering
• Direct support for a commercial or government spacecraft operations organization, and a deep understanding of their use cases and approach to operations.
• Experience with multi-manifest spacecraft missions and developing operations for hosted or separable payloads.
• Proficiency with command-and-control scripting languages, such as Python, SPELL, STOL, or JAS
• Experience working with virtualized Ground Software (e.g., Command & Control, Mission Planning, Flight Dynamics, Electronic Procedures, Software Simulators)
• Experience with mission planning and contact planning tools.
• Experience with scrum methodology and agile product development.
• Experience in full development lifecycle of space systems’ ground segments.
• Mission analysis, flight planning and timeline development (tool and analysis)
• Experience designing and evaluating operational readiness tests integrated with hardware-in-the-loop, and software-in-the-loop simulators.
• Experience with operational fault and anomaly management.
• Experience with performing system safety analyses including FHA, FMECA, and…