Director, Spacecraft Development

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were working to develop reusable safe and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety collaboration and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

The position is within the In-Space Systems business unit reporting to the Mission Engineering & Architecture this role you will be accountable for driving future In-Space Systems products and services by developing spacecraft design concepts and multi-spacecraft mission architectures to meet our business goals.

The selected candidate requires strong spacecraft design and engineering experience as well as excellent collaboration skills to work across multiple teams and business areas within In-Space Systems and across Blue Origin. This position requires 15 years experience with advanced spacecraft design with a demonstrated ability to design to cost and design for manufacturing at rate. You will contribute to innovative solutions while demonstrating personal leadership technical judgement and competence and a passion for the highest technical standards partnering with the business unit and engineering leadership to achieve program goals with acceptable risk.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will direct a team to develop concepts for new spacecraft designs for future Blue Origin products and services. You will:

• Lead the development of spacecraft through the full product life cycle establishing systemlevel KPPs performance budgets and architectural baselines.
• Drive earlyphase trades (platform payload communications autonomy ground segment licensing) and convert results into reference designs and executable plans.
• Define product line roadmaps and modular architectures enabling multipayload variants and production at rate; champion designtocost and make/buy strategies.
• Integrate payloads (e.g. RF/communications EO/IR SSA PNT) with spacecraft bus subsystems (ADCS EPS C&DH propulsion TT&C structures/thermal).
• Represent the spacecraft bus architecture and designs to executive leadership customers and partners; assess markets and shape new business opportunities.
• Build mentor and lead a highperforming crossfunctional team to design develop and deliver satellites to orbit.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise leadership skills experience and dedication to quality to support our customers critical missions. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. in an engineering-related field.
• A minimum of 15 years of advanced spacecraft design architecture and development experience. Equivalent impact considered.
• Experience with commercial and Government multi-spacecraft mission architectures in earth centered-orbital regimes from LEO to GEO.
• Demonstrated understanding of commercial and US Government space systems and space system architectures.
• Previous experience with spacecraft product lines and multi-spacecraft architectures.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven track record to operate with cohesive and effective teams and drive rapid decision making within those teams.
• Experience with development in mission and safety-critical environments.
• Demonstrated designtocost and designformanufacturing expertise including production at rate and supplier engagement.
• Ability to travel and/or temporary duty in support of growing tempos of production and operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience architecting multisatellite or distributed missions highrate manufacturing and fleetlevel operations.
• Background in autonomy/onboard decisionmaking optical/RF crosslinks ground segment architecture and regulatory/licensing (FCC/NOAA/NTIA/ITU).
• Cost modeling and lifecycle affordability trades.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance; current TS/SCI desired.

Compensation Range for:

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Culture Statement

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Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical dental vision basic and supplemental life insurance paid parental leave short and long-term disability 401(k) with a company match of up to 5% and an Education Support Program.

• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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