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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Test Integration Engineer - HLS Test Definition - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** Merritt Island, FL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,188.0 - $203,263.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Biometrics, Data Stores, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Microsoft Project, Primavera, Requirements Management, Requirements Traceability, System Testing, Test Data, Jama (Software), System-level Testing, Integration Tests - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17748755?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17748755%2FSenior-Test-Integration-Engineer-Hls-Test-Definition-Florida-Merritt-Island ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, systems, or related) * 8+ years of relevant experience in test engineering, systems test, integration & test, or verification engineering across the test design and execution lifecycle; an advanced degree may substitute for a portion of the experience requirement * Demonstrated experience owning test planning, requirements verification, and integrated or system-level test definition with minimal oversight * Working knowledge of interface management (ICDs/IRDs), requirements traceability and verification, and integrated master schedule dependencies * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and coordinate across multiple organizations without direct authority * 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, * Advanced degree in an engineering or technical discipline * Human spaceflight, crewed vehicle, launch vehicle, or other complex integrated system test experience * Experience integrating with NASA or a major aerospace customer/partner, including working to customer oversight/insight processes and joint test coordination * Experience defining or executing integrated, interelement, or joint end-to-end test campaigns across multiple elements or organizations * Familiarity with verification and certification processes, hazard analyses (e.g., HAZOP), and test compliance/verification-artifact processes * Proficiency with requirements management and modeling tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Cameo) and scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera) * Prior experience acting as a test integrator or Responsible Engineer across organizational boundaries * Demonstrated technical mentoring and the ability to set technical direction for a test scope ## Description As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will serve as a Test Definition Responsible Engineer (RE) for Blue Origin's Human Landing System (HLS), driving integrated test definition across programs, elements, and partners to help land astronauts on the Moon. You will act as the connective tissue between test groups, systems and vehicle test teams, mission operations, and external partners - bringing stakeholders together, owning integrated and joint test plans, and ensuring that what we test traces cleanly to the requirements we must verify. You will own the definition of how HLS elements are tested together, close the gaps between them, and carry an integrated test perspective from planning through production operations. This is a senior, technical integrator role for someone who thrives at the seams between organizations. Special Mentions * Relocation provided * Travel expected up to 25% of the time * Interviews will include a technical assessment * Team scope includes both NASA Joint Test Definition and Blue-to-Blue Integrated Test Definition Responsibilities include but are not limited to: * Serve as an HLS test integrator and Responsible Engineer - driving test definition into integrated, joint, and interelement testing, establishing how HLS elements are tested together, and bringing test groups, systems/vehicle test, mission operations, and partners to a single integrated definition * Create and coordinate integrated and joint test plans across test beds, systems test, vehicle test, and mission operations, including end-to-end, mission-level test solutions * Assess interface documents (ICDs/IRDs) against test objectives to confirm requirements are traced appropriately and to identify and close missing or ambiguous requirements * Review engineering and design changes, participate in release cycles, and keep test definitions current across all data repositories, ensuring requirements flow correctly to the IPTs * Provide integrated master schedule (IMS) inputs and thread schedule and test dependencies across integrated product teams (IPTs), maintaining a top-down and bottom-up integrated HLS test perspective * Own test data products end-to-end and drive test definition downstream into production test operations and work execution; identify test gaps - including unique environments and cross-program test resource needs (test sites, ground test articles, specialized facilities) - and represent HLS test in enterprise-level and multi-user test resource discussions * Interface with the customer and partner elements on test coordination and test insight, representing HLS in joint and integrated reviews * Provide technical mentoring and lead cross-functional test efforts through informal and formal technical leadership, 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. Background Check * Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training. * Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical ## Related Videos - [SMART Test Automation - the experience of legacy transformation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100215-smart-test-automation-the-experience-of-legacy-transformation) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Biometric Phone Chargers, $40m Domain Names & AI Movies Winning Awards - Peter Kröner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1810-biometric-phone-chargers-40m-domain-names-ai-movies-winning-awards-peter-kroner) - [Testing .NET applications a Tool box for every developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/704-testing-net-applications-a-tool-box-for-every-developer) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - What Development and Tattoos Have in Common and more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1380-wearedevelopers-live-what-development-and-tattoos-have-in-common-and-more) ## Related Articles - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [What is a Test Plan: Guide to Test Planning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/191-what-is-a-test-plan-guide-to-test-planning) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Integration And E2E Testing: Are They Complementary or Interchangeable?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/86-integration-and-e2e-testing-are-they-complementary-or-interchangeable)