Principal Systems Integrator

About the role

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! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based communications with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth.

The TeraWave Chief Systems Architecture (CSA) Office owns the integrated technical picture for a multi-thousand-satellite communications constellation — system-level requirements, reference missions, physics-based system models, standards, and architecture compliance. As the Principal Systems Integrator, you will be the operational engine that drives system-level decisions from identification to closure.

Responsibilities

• Drive periodic architecture compliance reviews through preparation, execution, and action closure — assembling inputs from domain architects and VP organizations, identifying gaps against top-level system requirements, and tracking resolution.
• Own the architecture trades log: ensure trades are scoped, staffed, converged, and documented per standards.
• Monitor whether accumulated technical changes and requirement relaxations are collectively eroding top-level system compliance; flag cumulative drift that may not be visible at the individual-decision level.
• Maintain the system-level artifact suite — architecture summary documents, technical risk register, performance budget inventory, and decision records — keeping them current and accessible.
• Coordinate cross-functional trade teams assembled from VP organizations: define the question, drive the work, ensure convergence, and document outcomes.
• Bridge outputs from the program's integrated system models (physics, network, and operations simulations) to architectural decisions — translating analytical results into actionable inputs for compliance reviews and trade closure.
• Identify when domain architect inputs are missing or stale and drive engagement to close gaps before they become program surprises.
• Support the CSA in preparing system-level positions for executive design reviews, risk reviews, and program-level decision forums.
• Conduct rapid technical feasibility assessments for new business concepts, constellation evolution scenarios, or novel mission applications — providing the CSA and product leadership with defensible go/no-go inputs without creating demand on domain engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or equivalent technical field; master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of systems engineering experience in complex multi-domain programs (space, defense, telecommunications, aviation, or electric vehicles).
• Demonstrated experience driving trade studies, design reviews, or architecture decisions to closure across organizational boundaries.
• Strong technical writing skills — architecture documents, compliance assessments, and decision records.
• Sufficient technical breadth across multiple domains (spacecraft, payload, software, ground systems) to independently assess whether a technical conclusion is sound, not merely whether it has been documented.
• Ability to produce rapid, structured feasibility assessments under ambiguity — distinguishing binding constraints from open trades without requiring full program-level analysis.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive convergence among senior technical staff across organizations.

Skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate documentation, analysis, and program coordination at scale.
• Experience in architecture governance — compliance review boards, change control, or equivalent mechanisms for periodically re-attesting that the system still meets its top-level objectives.
• Familiarity with integrated system modeling environments (mission simulation, link budgets, orbital mechanics) and their use in informing architecture trades.
• Experience in advanced concepts, new business development support, or pre-Phase A mission studies where speed and intellectual honesty matter more than design maturity.
• Depth in at least one and breadth across several of: RF/communications link analysis, orbital mechanics and constellation design, spacecraft bus disciplines, ground system architecture, or network/software architecture — enabling productive collaboration within a multidisciplinary peer group.

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $169,624.00 - $237,473.25. Other Site Ranges May Differ.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week).
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Schedule

Travel expected up to 10% of the time. Relocation provided.