Test Lead - Advanced Development Programs

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 focus on leading the Assembly, Integration, and Test team. You will work across subsystems and support integrated solutions to help achieve Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of developing tests plans and procedures for verifying vehicle design and function, archiving test data to support vehicle verification and developing test equipment, and Ground Support Equipment. This role is a combination of test development, planning and documentation, hands-on running tests and troubleshooting/data analysis. The position requires support of optimal solutions across the program with strong collaboration within and across the program, partners, contractors and NASA. In a fast-paced and evolving environment, you will contribute to innovative solutions, while demonstrating personal leadership, technical competence and judgement, and demonstration of the highest technical standards. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required! Responsibilities:

• Guide the successful completion of major programs, sometimes as a project leader
• Apply extensive understanding on a wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts associated with vehicle-level system testing including acceptance and qualification tests: specification performance, structural, leak and pressure, vibration, acoustic, shock, thermal balance and thermal vacuum, and electromagnetic.
• Have frequent customer interactions as a prime technical contact on significant technical matters requiring coordination between organizations
• Mentor & train other personnel
• Carry out test development engineering activities in accordance with Blue Origin standards and practices to complete tasks assigned including:
• Work with the design and systems engineers to plan tests of the vehicle subsystems, ensuring the tests are designed to verify the pertinent requirements
• Participate in gated design and production reviews
• Work with design engineers to integrate testing and operability features into the design of new vehicles
• Develop procedures and software automation that will be used during launch operations
• Develop, manage, and maintain test GSE
• Write test procedures and manage procedural redlines and updates during test campaigns
• Act as test engineer with overall responsibility for the test, the crew, and the procedure
• Enforce safety policies during test planning and operations
• Support on-site launch operations to prepare the vehicle for flight

Qualifications:

• BS in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or related technical discipline
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Understanding of the principles, concepts, and methods of system engineering such as concept development, requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning or operations
• Full knowledge of other related disciplines such as vehicle level acceptance and qualification test, electrical ground support equipment, ground support equipment, test facilities
• Understand the Test Like You Fly assessment and exception process
• Travel of 25% during planning and probable travel of 50% during periods of integration and test to multiple test sites
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to work effectively in teams
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a 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.

Desired (but not required):

• M.S in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or related technical discipline
• Experience in the full life cycle for test planning from requirement definition through execution and post-test data processing
• Experience defining, designing, and/or operating electrical ground support equipment
• Experience defining, designing, and/or procuring ground support equipment
• Experience leading test design reviews
• Experience leading anomaly investigations with familiarity in root cause and corrective action techniques.
• Experience with scripting (Python or other scripting language)
• Sound judgment, high energy, and creative
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Experience with software tools such as DOORS Next Generation, Cameo, MATLAB/Simulink, Confluence, JIRA, Git, Creo, and Windchill

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): $110K - $168K 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 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. 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