Aerospace Systems Engineer III - Structures & Mechanisms

2h2 hours ago

Blue Origin

Cape Canaveral, US · Full-time · $121,023 – $169,432

About this role

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. This role applies broad multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge to design and engineer overall systems infrastructure for the Lunar Permanence program. The Aerospace Systems Engineer III supports our Lunar program with a focus on Structures & Mechanisms.

You will develop, decompose, and manage requirements for structural and mechanical subsystems, maintaining end-to-end traceability to lunar mission objectives. You plan and execute integration for structures and mechanisms, coordinating across design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, and test to deliver flight-ready hardware.

You partner with Structures, Mechanisms, Avionics, Thermal, GN&C, Propulsion, Manufacturing, and Test/Verification teams. The collaborative culture ensures the integrated vehicle meets mission objectives across launch, transit, descent, ascent, and landing environments.

Growth opportunities include leading anomaly investigations, supporting technical reviews and readiness milestones, and improving systems engineering processes. You contribute to the development of reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems.

Requirements

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
7+ years of aerospace systems engineering experience (requirements, integration, and verification).
Experience with structural and mechanical subsystems for spaceflight hardware.
Proven ability to manage requirements and interfaces across multiple engineering disciplines.
Familiarity with lunar or other extreme environments and their impact on design and verification.
Experience leading technical reviews and presenting status to program stakeholders.
Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis and anomaly resolution.

Responsibilities

Develop, decompose, allocate, and manage requirements for structural and mechanical subsystems; maintain end-to-end traceability to lunar mission objectives and program-level requirements.
Define and control interfaces (ICDs) across mechanical/electrical/software/ops boundaries, including vehicle-to-payload and vehicle-to-ground/support equipment interfaces.
Plan and execute subsystem/system integration for structures and mechanisms; coordinate across design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, and test to deliver flight-ready hardware.
Interface with the Verification team to define verification strategies and methods (test/analysis/inspection/similarity), author and approve verification plans/procedures, and drive verification closure with clear objective evidence.
Ensure design and verification approaches address lunar environments and operational constraints (thermal extremes, dust/regolith considerations, vacuum, launch loads, landing loads/shock, reliability/operability).
Lead/participate in anomaly investigations and FRACAS activities; perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
Support technical reviews and readiness milestones (SRR/PDR/CDR/TRR/FRR), presenting requirements status, verification status, risks, and interface readiness.
Improve systems engineering processes (requirements quality, configuration/change control, verification workflow, interface management).