Navigation System Development Lead, New Shepard

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse engineers, you will support the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) team in the following areas:

• Lead full life-cycle development of a safety-critical aerospace navigation system
• Collaborate with team leads to manage scope, schedule, and budget
• Support multi-functional systems analyses to drive architectural decisions related to navigation

You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced and sometimes uncertain environment, contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating personal leadership, technical competence, and attention to detail. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Advanced degree in Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field with 10+years navigation system design experience
• Experience leading multi-functional development efforts spanning software and hardware using standards such as DO-178 and DO-254
• Experience with product life-cycle management in mission and safety-critical environments
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
• 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.

• Proven expertise in designing, modeling, testing, and flying aerospace GNC systems
• Experience using Gitlab and continuous integration tools
• Experience supporting flight testing or launch operations
• Experience designing and evaluating Monte Carlo simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, and software-in-the-loop testing
• Experience with project planning tools (JIRA, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, etc.)

The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

Estimated salary wage (Colorado only): $142K - $214K

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. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.

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

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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