Systems Engineer, VAST Components

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. 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.

• Own component‑level requirements for VAST common and standard product lines, decomposing and allocating vehicle and stage requirements from GS1, GS2, GS3, Lunar, and Engines customers and tracing them through verification.
• Envelope requirements across multiple customers into common specifications that maximize reuse, and own the trades when one customer’s need drives cost or risk for the rest of the fleet.
• Define and manage component interface control documents (ICDs) covering fluid media, pressures, flow, leakage, electrical/actuation, mechanical, and environmental interfaces.
• Own the verification approach and closure for assigned product lines: verification requirements, methods, qualification‑by‑similarity rationale, and the evidence that requirements are met.
• Mine acceptance, qualification, nonconformance, and flight data across the VAST catalog to find fleet‑wide trends – start‑of‑life vs. end‑of‑life leakage, recurring failure modes, and cost drivers – and convert them into requirement, design, or process changes.
• Support anomaly investigations, RCCA, and MRB disposition for VAST hardware, with a focus on systemic causes that cut across product families.
• Drive tool and process improvements that remove manual steps from requirements, verification, and data workflows – we would rather build the tool that removes the busywork than staff it.
• Help define VAST’s systems engineering standards, templates, and review checklists, and mentor component engineers in requirements and verification practice.

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or related field
• Demonstrated experience developing, decomposing, allocating, and tracing requirements through verification.
• Working knowledge of interface management (ICDs/IRDs), qualification testing, and verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, similarity).
• Ability to set a technical plan and drive it to closure across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present trade studies and recommendations to engineering leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a track record of building trust and fostering professional collaboration.
• Passion for advancing safe human spaceflight and alignment with Blue…