Safety And Reliability Subsystem Lead (R39118)

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.
As part of a diverse and hardworking team of specialists, engineers, and designers, you will support systems engineering for crew and life support systems. As the crew and life support systems Safety and Reliability Systems Engineer you will be expected to lead and support various roles including Functional decomposition, and studies to ensure optimization of the design, requirements management and decomposition, integration, verification and validation. Your attention to detail will be used for managing requirements development, documenting interfaces between elements and disciplines and drive design maturation.
Additionally, this role requires understanding and supporting requirements analysis and traceability, functional analysis, systems analysis, safety analysis, technical performance monitoring, developing strategies and approaches for specialty engineering (operability, reliability, maintainability, supportability) and system product life cycle processes. You will also support the alignment and consistent implementation of SLD Vehicle system engineering practices for system to lower-level program tiers as well as across program systems. You will also help develop health metrics to support insight into program health and tracking to major objectives. You will also participate in gated reviews. You should be able to understand and document system behaviors with architecture. You will play a key role in developing Blue Moon Lunar Lander (Link: https://www.blueorigin.com/blue-moon) that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.
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!
Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Occasional travel expected up to 15% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform and lead engineering activities including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Hazard Reports, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), reliability analysis, and developing mitigation plans
• Develop plans and coordinate completion of system and subsystem safety analysis, providing review, guidance, and expertise of safety analysis products
• Ensure traceability between system and subsystem functions, requirements, and safety artifacts
• Support verification and validation of Safety and Reliability requirements
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across the program and company
• Collaborate across Lunar Systems Engineers to develop best practices and find opportunities for common processes across projects

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of Systems Engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, requirements traceability, functional decomposition, integration, verification, and validation
• 4+ years of experience with crew and life support systems
• Experience with performing safety analyses on space systems including one of the following: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Hazard Reports, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), reliability analysis, and mitigation plans
• Ability to lead and coordinate safety analysis products across stakeholders and experts from varying engineering fields to produce Safety and Reliability products
• Possess skills in strategic system thinking, excellent written and oral communication skills, proactive in moving program forward through team collaborations to achieve timely decisions, ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive culture.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Participates in systems engineering and system safety analysis activities with minimal oversite.
• Takes ownership of individual product development with minimal oversight.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one subject area (or several areas) used to design, develop, and evaluate sub-systems such as Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Command and Data Handling, Communications, Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, Electrical Power Systems, Propulsion and Fluid Systems, Software, Structures & Mechanisms, Thermal, and Fuel Cells.
• 2 years' of experience in system Safety and Reliability not limited to FHAs/PHAs, FMEA/FMECAs, and FTAs.
• System safety analysis/modeling and Reliability & fault tolerance plan development.
• System development/integration experience, preferably with aerospace hardware.
• Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies.
• Experience with systems engineering tools such as JAMA and Cameo.
• Experience in reliability, maintainability and operability analysis and execution.
• Experience identifying and analyzing system safety risks

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is
$146,644.50-$205,302.30 USD
Inclusivity Statement
Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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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.
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.
Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.
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