Senior Constellation AI&T Engineer

About the role

The position is within Blue Origin’s In‑Space Systems business unit, focused on space infrastructure and on‑orbit mobility, and also part of the Blue National Security business unit delivering advanced space‑based capabilities for national security, civil, and commercial missions. Within the Advanced Systems organization, the Future Concepts & Capabilities team develops next‑generation space systems. The Senior Assembly, Integration & Test (AI&T) Engineer will shape integration, test, and verification approaches for satellite payloads and integrated in‑space constellation solutions from early mission concept development, translating architectures and customer requirements into credible, cost‑effective AI&T strategies.

Relocation assistance is available. Travel up to 25% may be required. Candidates must be able to obtain a U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define integration and test architectures for constellation concepts, including test flow, facility and GSE concepts, acceptance campaign structure, and throughput modeling for quantities ranging from tens to hundreds of vehicles.
• Drive design‑for‑test and design‑for‑integration into early architecture trades across payload and bus subsystems (power, communications, avionics, GN&C, propulsion, thermal, structures).
• Develop AI&T concepts for rate production, including test automation, streamlined acceptance campaigns, reduced‑touch environmental strategies, and first‑pass‑yield and rework assumptions.
• Define launch‑cadence‑driven constraints on the architecture: dispenser and stack integration, encapsulation flow, launch site processing throughput, and deployment concepts.
• Author technical content for proposals, white papers, and customer engagements, covering AI&T approach, test flow narratives, staffing and facility basis of estimate, and associated risk.
• Serve as the AI&T technical authority in architecture reviews, concept gates, and independent reviews; capture integration and test risks and mitigation plans.
• Partner with program AI&T organizations to ground concepts in real, demonstrated capability and hand off mature architectures at award.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in engineering or equivalent technical field; 10+ years of related experience in design, development, and flight of aerospace systems.
• 6+ years of experience in spacecraft or aerospace systems assembly, integration, and test.
• Has taken at least one aerospace system through assembly, integration, and test to launch or deployment, with hands‑on time on the integration floor or at the launch site.
• Demonstrated ability to scale test and verification strategy from low‑rate builds to high‑rate production using protoflight, HALT/HASS, and lot acceptance sampling, and to select and defend appropriate qualification and acceptance approaches.
• Experience establishing and driving AI&T metrics (e.g., first‑pass yield, test cycle time, rework rates) and defining automated checkout and screening/acceptance sampling strategies.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements verification and the full “Systems Engineering V.”
• Proven ability to build and defend cost, schedule, and throughput estimates for novel work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams and brief senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating with incomplete information on quick‑turn studies and shifting priorities.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. with 8+ years in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• Experience on programs spanning both low‑rate and high‑rate production volumes in space or a comparable high‑reliability industry (aircraft, missiles, automotive/EV, semiconductor capital equipment).
• Experience tailoring SMC‑S‑016, MIL‑STD‑1540, or equivalent qualification standards for proliferated architectures and defending that tailoring to a government customer.
• Experience with HALT/HASS screening, reliability growth, or environmental stress screening program design.
• Demonstrated experience designing, standing up, or materially scaling a production line for complex aerospace or comparable hardware, taking a program from prototype/first‑article to sustained‑rate production.

Pay

Base Pay Range (subject to location):

• California: $156,802 – $219,522
• Colorado: $144,179 – $201,850
• Washington: $156,802 – $219,522
• Virginia: $156,802 – $219,522
• Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%.
• Education Support Program.
• Stock options for regular employees working ≥20 hours/week.
• Paid Time Off: up to 4 weeks per year based on scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company‑paid holidays.
• Potential eligibility for performance‑based bonuses and additional benefits, subject to company discretion.

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies show people are less likely to apply unless they meet every qualification. Blue Origin is dedicated to building an authentic workplace; if you’re excited about this role but your experience isn’t a perfect match, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.