Senior Systems Integration Engineer, Battery Systems

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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 is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will own the integration of Blue Origin's battery products into every program in the company. When a launch vehicle, spacecraft, lander, or ground system needs stored energy, you are the engineer they come to — and you will help them get to the right answer fast. You will pull mission needs out of programs, translate them into battery and interface requirements, size and select the solution, and steer them toward our existing qualified products wherever they fit.

Your success is measured in reuse and speed. Every program that integrates a proven off-the-shelf battery instead of commissioning a one-off design saves the company development cost, qualification cost, schedule, and risk. You will also aggregate what you learn across all of those integrations into a forward-looking battery product roadmap that tells us what to build next and when.

As a Senior Systems Integration Engineer, you will:

Serve as the primary technical interface between the battery organization and all Blue Origin programs, engaging early in concept and proposal phases before architectures are locked

Elicit, define, and negotiate battery and interface requirements with programs, including load and duty cycle profiles, energy and power needs, environments, mass and volume constraints, mission life, redundancy, and safety and human-rating requirements

Own the interfaces: develop and manage standard ICDs covering electrical, mechanical, thermal, data, and ground support interfaces, and drive closure of interface issues between the battery product and the host vehicle

Perform battery sizing and trade studies, including load profile analysis, energy and power margin assessment, thermal and cycle life implications, and mass, volume, and cost trades

Recommend cell chemistry and battery technology for each application, and clearly explain the trades and the risks behind the recommendation

Actively promote and defend Blue Origin's catalog of qualified off-the-shelf battery products, guiding programs to reuse and pushing back on unnecessary custom development

Own the battery product roadmap: aggregate demand and requirements across all programs, identify gaps in the current product line, build the business case for new products, and prioritize with the design, test, and manufacturing teams

Create and maintain the artifacts that make self-service possible — product datasheets, selection guides, standard ICDs, sizing tools and calculators, application notes, and reference designs

Define and manage the exception path: when an off-the-shelf product genuinely does not fit, establish what  close enough  looks like, manage deviations and waivers, or make the case for a new development

Support programs through vehicle integration, test, and operations, reviewing their charge and discharge concept of operations, BMS and power system interfaces, ground handling, storage, and transportation plans, and supporting troubleshooting at integration sites

Provide inputs to Supply Chain and program planning on lead times,…