Mission Systems Engineer III (Top Secret Clearance Required / Sensitive Compartmented Information Required)

About the role

This position reports to the Ground & Spaceflight Operations in Blue Origin’s Blue Ring business unit. As part of a small, hardworking, and accomplished team of Mission Systems Engineers, you will work closely with space vehicle, mission operations, and ground system teams, supporting ground development tasks throughout the full system lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Identify, derive, develop, and maintain Mission Systems requirements, including traceability and verification and validation approach, necessary to implement a design that meets objectives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers representing flight vehicle systems, ground software, flight control operators, and payload customers.
• Define the ground system and data communications architectures and designs that enable highly effective and labor-efficient real-time spacecraft and ground system operation.
• Define and maintain ground element interface requirements and control documents.
• Plan and perform frequent mission system product update cycles, integration and test activities, and validation exercises leading to operations training events and flight.
• Conduct testing of ground system functionality and measure performance.
• Perform flight software to ground systems integration and test.
• Perform analysis to ensure operability across the Space-Ground System, and support efforts to improve operability where justified.

Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Ground Systems architecture in the context of spaceflight operations, Software development, particularly Python, Spacecraft operations: command & control, mission planning, flight dynamics, Implementing CCSDS communications protocols and standards
• Experience in a complex system lifecycle – requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification, validation, qualification, and operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment.
• Active Top Secret Clearance (desired but not required)

Special Mentions

Relocation assistance provided
Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information required to start