New Shepard Flight Safety Analyst

About Blueorigin

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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

Job Summary

This role is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform launch vehicle trajectory modelling and flight safety analysis.
• Ensure compliance with public risk requirements.
• Mature the overall analysis methodology for various spaceflight systems for New Shepard.
• Support regulatory compliance efforts on the New Shepard program focused on flight safety with the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
• Work closely with key New Shepard leaders, Lead System Engineers, subject matter experts, and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Provide leadership in achieving and maintaining regulatory approvals for New Shepard.

Requirements

• Minimum of B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in trajectory and/or flight safety analysis.
• Strong fundamentals in flight mechanics/dynamics and simulation of aerospace vehicles.
• Strong fundamentals in statistical/probabilistic analysis.
• Experience creating 3-DOF and/or 6-DOF trajectory simulation models.
• Experience using trajectory analysis tools such as POST, OTI.

Benefits & Perks

• Relocation provided.
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time.
• Additional financial incentives for eligible employees at the West Texas Site in Van Horn, TX.