AI Engineer II

The AI Engineer II role on Blue Origin’s Blue Ring ground systems team focuses on applying AI and machine learning to satellite fleet operations. The position supports multi-agent monitoring, conversational RAG knowledge retrieval, and telemetry-driven anomaly detection across production AI services.

Location and Schedule

• Onsite in Seattle, WA

Compensation

• USD 134,961 - 188,945 per year

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and test agent components within a multi-agent architecture for telemetry analysis, anomaly detection, and reporting
• Build and maintain integrations that connect agents to ground system services
• Develop agent tooling, prompt templates, and orchestration logic for LLM service integrations
• Build and maintain RAG pipeline components, including document ingestion, embedding generation, and vector database indexing
• Implement retrieval strategies and answer generation workflows for operator queries
• Implement components for human-in-the-loop decision workflows, including investigation packages and remediation options
• Deploy and maintain containerized AI services using Docker and AWS infrastructure
• Contribute to audit trail, observability, and production operations, including incident response
• Prepare and transform spacecraft telemetry data for ML model training
• Assist with training and evaluating anomaly detection and time-series forecasting models on telemetry data
• Support automated model retraining pipelines that incorporate new flight data and operator feedback
• Develop model evaluation scripts and metrics tracking

Required Qualifications

• Able to work onsite in one of Blue Origin’s Kent, WA, Renton, WA, or Reston, VA offices
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of professional software development experience with exposure to AI/ML applications
• Python proficiency and familiarity with at least one AI/ML framework: PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Experience building or contributing to LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, or agent-based systems
• Exposure to time-series data processing, anomaly detection, or ML model training on sensor or telemetry data
• Experience with AWS (preferred), Docker, and basic CI/CD practices
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and version control
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills for documentation and team collaboration

Technologies

• Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
• LLM, RAG
• Docker, AWS
• CI/CD, vector database

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, or equivalent managed AI/ML services
• Experience with Databricks or similar platforms for data engineering and ML workflows
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, pgvector, FAISS) and embedding model pipelines
• Experience with time-series ML architectures (e.g., RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers) for forecasting or anomaly detection
• Exposure to multi-agent system frameworks or agentic AI orchestration patterns
• Familiarity with spacecraft operations, satellite telemetry, or aerospace engineering concepts
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) and Kubernetes
• Experience with real-time data streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning concepts or graph neural network applications
• Interest or experience in model compression, edge deployment, or resource-constrained inference

Benefits

• 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%
• 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
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin 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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for certain job profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if the role requires access to a military installation
• Required for certain job profiles: Drivers operating Commercial Motor Vehicles meeting specified GVW/GVWR thresholds or transporting placardable hazardous materials may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, including Driver Qualification Files and Medical Certification requirements
• Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain a Merchant Mariner Credential, including pre-employment and random drug testing and DOT physical

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process, may contact [email protected].