Flight Autonomy Engineer III - Lunar
Blue Origin16 days ago
Denver, CO, USA or Seattle, WA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $183k/yr
Responsibilities
- Derive autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades, and maintain subsystem specifications and performance metrics.
- Collaborate with GN&C and spacecraft systems engineers on low- and high-fidelity plant models.
- Build control code in Simulink for autocoding to target.
- Develop and execute simulations and tools for functionality verification.
- Use MATLAB and Simulink to analyze, unit test, and verify control and autonomy algorithms.
- Support verification and testing to ensure subsystem compliance with requirements.
Requirements
- Minimum B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
- Applied industry experience and/or an M.S. or Ph.D. focused on spacecraft autonomy and controls.
- Experience modeling and simulating autonomy and control operations.
- Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals.
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements as a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
- Preferred: M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace engineering or a related technical field.
- Preferred: experience with real-time embedded control solutions, spacecraft GN&C or autonomy lifecycle development, embedded control systems, state-machine design and simulation, Stateflow, C/C++, Confluence, JIRA, and DO-178, DO-160, and DO-254 or similar guidelines.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Benefits and discretionary bonuses may vary by role type and job level.
About Blue Origin
Blue Origin designs and manufactures rocket engines, reusable launch vehicles, and lunar transport systems for commercial and government customers. Its products include the suborbital New Shepard, the in-development New Glenn orbital rocket, BE-4 engines (used on ULA’s Vulcan), and the Blue Moon lander; revenue comes from launch services, engine supply, and space systems contracts, including a NASA Human Landing System award. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Kent, Washington.