GN&C Flight Autonomy Responsible Engineer – Space Destinations
Full Time
Seattle, WA
Posted
Job description
Blue Origin is committed to a vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. Enabling this future requires commercial low Earth orbit destinations where people can live and work, creating economic value. We are building the next space station. With a commercial business model and a futuristic space architecture designed to promote and sustain a robust orbital economy, we will normalize space travel for larger numbers of people. Come join our team to develop Earth orbit.
As part of a hardworking team of diverse spacecraft development engineers, you will be responsible for the derivation and development of autonomy requirements, analysis, algorithms, flight software, integration, test, verification, and validation of the Orbital Reef ADCS subsystem. In this role, you will use your experience in the development of on-board Autonomy, Guidance, Navigation, and Control technologies to drive technical innovation and solve complex challenges.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities:
- Support early concept studies, architecture development, definition of GN&C mode states and transitions, and concept of operations.
- Derive and develop Autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, and performance metrics
- Collaborate with GN&C and other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to define Autonomy boundaries and interfaces.
- Support the definition, development, and execution of simulations and tools required for verification of functionalities.
- Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies to its requirements.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or related subject areas with at least 10 years of design experience focused on development of spacecraft GN&C autonomy
- Demonstrated experience in development, implementation, and testing of GN&C autonomy on aerospace vehicles
- Experience developing requirements, interfaces, trades and analyses for GN&C autonomy
- Proven experience in modeling and simulation of autonomy operations
- Understand relationship between GN&C autonomy and vehicle automation
- Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals
- Experience in Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Desired:
- M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related technical field
- Experience in full lifecycle development of GN&C and/or Autonomy on spacecraft
- Experience designing, evaluating, and simulating state machines
- Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Export Control Regulations
Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation
Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at
EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com
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Benefits
Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.
Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays
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