Director, Engineering Data Systems & Architecture
 Blue Origin | |
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
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 United States, Washington, Seattle | |
 Aug 20, 2025 | |
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Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 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.The Director of Engineering Data Systems & Architecture (EDSA) supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying payloads to Earth's orbit and beyond. You will lead a team working at the intersection of systems engineering, aerospace, software and data engineering disciplines. You'll be responsible for the strategy and execution of technical data platforms that translate complex engineering requirements into foundational tools and systems, enabling critical decisions across the New Glenn program lifecycle-from design through build, launch to landing, post-flight analytical evaluation to repair. We are seeking an exceptional technical leader who combines systems engineering expertise with the ability to build and scale enterprise data platforms. You'll lead a team of engineers responsible for internally-developed platforms that have become fundamental to New Glenn's success and are increasingly adopted across Blue Origin. This role demands someone who can navigate the complexity of launch vehicle systems while building robust data architectures to manage a large amount of engineering data across multiple vehicle and ground systems. You'll partner with hardware engineers, vehicle designers, flight vehicle & ground system software developers, test engineers, and flight operations teams to ensure our platforms capture, validate, and analyze the critical engineering data that governs vehicle configuration, enables system health assurance, and accelerates mission-to-mission cycle time. Your leadership will shape how New Glenn engineering teams' ability to make data-driven decisions, from component-level design choices to vehicle-wide system health assurance in a time efficient manner. You'll drive the evolution from reactive support to proactive capability development, building platforms that empower engineers with self-service and automation capabilities while maintaining the precision and reliability required for spaceflight. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
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Compensation Range for: WA applicants is $211,905.00-$296,665.95Other site ranges may differ Culture Statement Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Export Control Regulations 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
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