Flight Autonomy Systems Engineer

5 days ago

Seattle, Washington, United States Blue Origin Full time
About Blue Origin

We envision a future where millions of people live and work in space for the benefit of Earth. Our mission is to make humanity a multi-planetary species, and we're working towards that goal by developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems.

Job Summary

We're seeking a highly skilled Flight Autonomy Engineer III to join our team at Blue Origin. As a key member of our Lunar Permanence business unit, you will be responsible for developing and delivering on-board autonomy algorithms, control algorithms, and flight software for our spacecraft.

Responsibilities
  • Derive and develop autonomy requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification and performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and other subsystems and spacecraft systems engineers to support the development of low- and high-fidelity plant models.
  • Build control code in Simulink to support autocoding to target.
  • Support the development and execution of simulations and tools required for verification of functionalities.
  • Use Matlab and Simulink to analyze, unit test, and verify control and autonomy algorithms.
  • Support verification and testing, ensuring the subsystem complies to its requirements.
Qualifications
  • Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
  • Applied industry experience and/or M.S. or Ph.D. focused on development of spacecraft autonomy and controls.
  • Experience developing embedded control systems for complex aerospace systems.
  • Proven experience in modeling and simulation autonomy and controls operations.
  • Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals.
  • Experience in Matlab, Simulink, and Stateflow.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • 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 Qualifications
  • M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace engineering or related technical field.
  • Experience in development and implementation of real-time embedded control solutions.
  • Experience in full lifecycle development of GN&C and/or Autonomy on spacecraft.
  • Experience designing, evaluating, and simulating state machines.
  • Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
  • Familiarity with DO-178, DO-160, and DO-254 or similar guidelines.
Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 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.

We also offer paid time off, up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

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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