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Blue Origin LLC Space Environments Engineer (III) in Seattle, Washington

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! We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit 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! This role is part of Enterprise Engineering, where we provide technical standards, tools, processes, training, and subject matter expertise for product engineering and manufacturing. Enterprise Engineering allows all Blue Origin business units to benefit from commonly used capabilities, hardware, and software and assists business units in identifying, selecting, and training engineers from both inside and outside the organization. As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will provide experienced technical leadership to Blue Origin program personnel and the established Radiation Effects team. From mission inception to operation, you will ensure success of Blue Origin's systems. Responsibilities: Guide Blue Origin programs with respect to space environments for space radiation, space weather, plasma, debris, etc. Analyze space mission environments and derive relevant requirements to ensure mission success. Evaluate risk and impact of space environment on crewed missions in line with NASA standards and requirements. Evaluate the effects of the space environment on systems utilizing 3D modeling and radiation transport tools. Interface with program personnel and customers. Minimum Qualifications: B.S. in Space Science/Physics, Aerospace, Astrophysics, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of position-relevant experience. Experience applying knowledge of the space radiation environment to human crew and avionics survival. Experience deriving radiation effects environment specifications utilizing industry standard modeling tools (ex: IRENE, OMERE, SIRE2, SPENVIS, OLTARIS, CREME96, SAPPHIRE, ESP, PSYCHIC). Experience performing radiation shielding analysis via 3D Monte Carlo transport codes (EMPC NOVICE highly preferred, GEANT4, etc.) and 3D modelling tools (CREO). Experience monitoring and predicting space weather conditions. Strong familiarity with industry and NASA standards for mission assurance in space flight. Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a 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. Domestic travel required. Foreign travel possible. Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree and 7+ years of direct position-relevant experience. Ability to define Launch Commit Criteria for launch vehicles based on space weather and other environmental considerations. Ability to travel to support development and testing opportunities at other Blue Origin and vendor sites. Strong familiarity with radiation test standards (JESD57A, MIL-STD-883, etc.) Proficiency with scripting (Python or similar) and automation development. Strong understanding and application of statistical methods. Compensation Range for: CA appl

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