Sr Systems AI Engineer - New Glenn Advanced Upper Stage

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a passionate and hardworking multidisciplinary team, you will help define performance upgrades and production changes to build on a myriad of technically-focused workstreams. You will work with the Upper Stage Program Leader, supporting all aspects of project management to include cost, schedule, technical design, risk & opportunity, certification, and change management.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Bias for action, passion for our mission, and vision are required! Specifically, you will:

• Design and deploy end-to-end AI/ML pipelines (from data ingestion and model training to deployment and monitoring) that support advanced AI applications in scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, scope control, and agile/scrum program management.
• Understand data sources, manage data collection and data pre-processing, labeling, and own data outputs.
• Develop LLM-integrated systems with memory (context management) and retrieval-augmented generation capabilities.
• Integrate AI models into production environments, optimizing for performance and implementing CI/CD automation.
• Develop and coordinate production engineering changes, coordinating project schedules and incorporation plans to integrate changes into the vehicle and production systems.
• Coordinate across engineering, production, supply chain, project management, and design functions to resolve non-conformances, ensuring value engineering is incorporated in decision processes.
• Work directly with supply chain to ensure purchase request, purchase orders are fulfilled timely and develop associated metrics.
• Drive multi-functional studies to close risks threatening program cost and schedule
• Coordinate with engineering Responsible Engineers (RE’s) to develop strategic roadmaps for certification and qualification of engineering designs.
• Work with technical and management functions to develop content for Blue Origin’s Weekly Business Review (WBR) and Program Management Review (PMR)
• Coordinate across subsystem Responsible Engineers and Technical Project Managers to collect and coordinate documentation for certification activities., 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

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or related technical field
• 10+ years industry experience in launch system engineering development and/or operations
• Strong AI/ML foundation and software engineering skills or hands-on experience with LLMs and AI agent frameworks.
• Experience leading system-level technical trade studies
• Demonstrated program/project management experience
• Passion for Blue Origin’s mission: Millions of people living and working in space!

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years industry experience in launch system engineering development and/or operations
• Master’s degree in engineering and/or Business
• Experience across fluids, mechanical, and structures engineering domains
• Ability to work with partially defined requirements and changing criteria
• Program Management Professional certification or associated degree programs.

$133,500.00-$203,263.20 life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), stock options United States, Washington, Seattle Sep 08, 2026, CO applicants is $133,500.00 - $186,898.95 WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20, * Benefits include: 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.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company’s intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company’s results, or other factors at the company’s sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.