Sr Automation Engineer – New Glenn

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and expand automation software toolchains that integrate engineering data from various sources to support launch vehicle development and mission integration.
• Toolchains that interact with large-scale production CAD databases to support vehicle-level mass property estimation.
• Other infrastructure projects utilizing Databricks, AWS, Gitlab CI, or other frameworks and elements to automate analysis workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software development, automation, data science, engineering, or analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain automated software tools and workflows.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Databricks, SQL, Python, REST APIs, and AWS.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, SVN) and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Experience developing and improving toolchains that interface with a CAD toolset or database.
• Experience developing analysis toolchains and database solutions.
• Knowledge of launch vehicles (vehicle architecture, components, etc.).
• Knowledge of physics and engineering analysis fundamentals.

Skills

Experience with mass properties analysis.

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%.
• 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.

Pay

Base Pay Range For CA applicants is $197,529.00 - $276,539.55 CO applicants is $181,626.00 - $254,275.35 WA applicants is $197,529.00 - $276,539.55 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

Not specified