New Shepard Launch Operations Lead Systems Engineer (R40236)

This role is a part of New Shepard, 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.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, engineers you will work on all aspects of the New Shepard Launch Operations, including Ground System Hardware, Software and Launch Procedures. You will lead assessment and definition of system level solutions for New Shepard, including, functional definition of capabilities, setting performance requirements and responsible for compliance with human flight certification standards. You will be responsible for delivering a high reliability, high cadence launch system. Your activities will span risk management, configuration and data management, integrated test planning, and technical performance measurement. You will define the level of systems engineering rigor to apply based on your knowledge and judgement of the system. You will deliver system engineering artifacts to meet engineering standards including development, validation, management, and allocation of requirements; manage and execute gated design reviews; define the New Shepard Ground Systems Concept of Operations; develop, review, and assess verification artifacts; and develop system safety products across the element. You will lead root cause analysis for issues impacting the system performance to identify direct and root cause informing robust and right sized corrective actions. You will be supported by a team of systems engineers and be responsible for identifying and prioritizing systems engineering tasking. You will work closely with other Lead System Engineers, such as Crew Capsule and Propulsion Module, to ensure alignment across elements. Your responsibilities will include providing technical mentorship and leadership for the element team as well as supporting engineers. You will have approval authority over technical change proposals to ensure all impacts to the system and engineering artifacts are accurately captured. In addition to development gated reviews, you will be responsible for the system readiness at program reviews including mission readiness reviews, flight readiness reviews, and human flight certification reviews.

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!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Robust communication, written, and presentation skills.

• Ability to identify, prioritize, and assign systems engineering tasks across multiple disciplines.

• Team leadership and mentoring experience in systems engineering or related fields.

• Experience performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using industry standard methods.

• Experience with requirement management and tools (such as DOORS)

• Experience performing and managing system safety tools and processes such as Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Hazardous/Operation Analysis (HAZOP), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), or other related methods.

• Experience with aerospace or similar industry safety standards and verification methods.

• 8+ years system development/integration experience - preferably with aerospace hardware or complicated technical systems

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or related technical field.

• Familiarity with at least two of the following engineering disciplines; structures, fluids, electrical hardware, software, operations, and maintenance

• Ability to support up to 20% travel primarily to New Shepard's Launch Site One West Texas Launch Site.

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in engineering or related technical field.

• Experience in reliability engineering

• Experience related to cryogenic fluid systems and high-pressure gaseous systems.

• Experience related to avionics signal/power test and launch operation equipment.

• Experience related to RF communication systems for launch vehicles.

• Experience in a safety critical operational environment.

• Knowledge of various discipline industry design/safety standards for aerospace and ground support systems.