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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Systems AI Engineer - New Glenn Advanced Upper Stage - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $133,500.0 - $203,263.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Biometrics, Continuous Delivery, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Value Engineering, Data Ingestion, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18230683?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18230683%2FSr-Systems-Ai-Engineer-New-Glenn-Advanced-Upper-Stage-Washington-Seattle ## About the Role * 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. ## Description 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 ## Related Videos - [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) - [When React Meets Reality: Building a Real-Time Control Room for Autonomous Vehicles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2091-when-react-meets-reality-building-a-real-time-control-room-for-autonomous-vehicles) - [Guiding Agentic AI with Vue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2033-guiding-agentic-ai-with-vue) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [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) - [The New Org Chart: When AI Joins the Workforce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100036-the-new-org-chart-when-ai-joins-the-workforce) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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