Battery Responsible Engineer

Blue Origin is seeking a Battery Responsible Engineer to serve as the technically accountable owner for one or more battery products. This role ensures technical success and on-time delivery from requirements through qualification and into delivery, while coordinating cross-functional execution and risk and schedule management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technically accountable owner for assigned battery products from concept through qualification, production, and delivery.
• Lead a multidisciplinary product team, coordinating design, analysis, software, test, and manufacturing activities to achieve integrated milestones.
• Own technical decisions and drive closure of open issues, action items, and design review findings for the assigned product.
• Lead design reviews and communicate product status, risks, and readiness to program and engineering leadership.
• Maintain configuration control of the product baseline, including disposition of changes, nonconformances, and material review actions.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for vehicle programs using the product, representing the battery team in program reviews, integration meetings, and working groups.
• Negotiate requirements, interfaces, and delivery dates with programs and manage expectations when needs change.
• Define and maintain interface control documents with vehicle, avionics, power, thermal, and structures teams.
• Support vehicle integration and lead resolution of battery-related integration and anomaly issues.
• Develop, decompose, and maintain product requirements from program and vehicle-level needs, covering performance, environments, safety, interfaces, and life.
• Define verification methods for each requirement and ensure traceability across requirements, design, analysis, and test.
• Drive verification closure and own the evidence package supporting qualification and acceptance.
• Develop and maintain the product FMECA, identifying failure modes, effects, criticality, and mitigations at the cell, module, pack, and system levels.
• Use FMECA outputs to inform design changes, test content, and acceptance screening while keeping the analysis current as design and test results evolve.
• Support hazard analyses, thermal runaway propagation assessments, and safety reviews for human-rated and energetic hardware.
• Partner with Safety and Mission Assurance on reliability predictions, critical items lists, and failure reporting and corrective actions.
• Build and own an integrated product schedule aligned with vehicle need dates, working with program planning.
• Track progress against plan, identify schedule risks early, and drive recovery plans when milestones are threatened.
• Manage technical, schedule, and cost risk through a maintained risk register with defined mitigations and burn-down.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Manufacturing on long-lead procurement, cell supply, build readiness, and production capacity.
• Provide clear and accurate reporting of status, risks, and needs to program and engineering leadership.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering (or related field).
• 5+ years of direct experience in battery or electrical power hardware development.
• Experience serving as a Responsible Engineer, product owner, or technical lead on hardware taken through qualification and delivery.
• Experience developing and decomposing hardware requirements and managing verification traceability.
• Experience developing FMEA or FMECA for electrical or electromechanical hardware.
• Familiarity with lithium-ion batteries, battery design, and battery test methods.
• Experience building and managing development schedules and driving teams to meet milestones.
• Experience interfacing directly with internal or external customers, including negotiating requirements and delivery commitments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical interpersonal skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to travel to and work at remote sites supporting test integration, commissioning, and training.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering (or related field).
• 3+ years in space applications, including experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems.
• Experience in development of launch vehicles, spacecraft, or landers.
• Experience supporting multiple programs or customers from a shared product or platform.
• Experience with battery safety analysis, including thermal runaway propagation and hazard analysis (e.g., NASA JSC-20793).
• Experience with reliability engineering methods and standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1629, SAE ARP4761, reliability predictions, critical items lists).
• Experience leading formal design reviews and managing configuration control, nonconformances, and material review.
• Experience with earned value or integrated master schedule practices.
• Experience across multiple portions of the product life cycle.
• Experience with Primavera (P6), DOORS, CREO, and Windchill.

Technologies

• FMECA
• FMEA
• FMEA/FMECA

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.

Application Details

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Culture Statement

Blue Origin encourages candidates who are excited about the role but do not meet every desired qualification to apply anyway.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants 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 at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation.
• Required for certain job profiles: Drivers operating Commercial Motor Vehicles meeting specified GVW/GVWR thresholds and/or transporting placardable 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 and Medical Certification (obtained before onbo).
• Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain a Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical.

Equal Employment Opportunity

• Blue Origin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified workforce.
• Blue Origin hires and promotes based on qualifications, performance, and abilities.
• Blue Origin supports a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.
• Equal opportunity is provided to qualified applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other protected status under applicable law.
• Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants who wish to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application and/or interview process, should contact [email protected]. This is a publicly managed inbox, and personal medical information should not be included.