Program Safety Engineer III

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 is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

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 is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

In this hands-on role, you will be based full-time on-site at our Los Angeles facility, working with the Space Resources Program team. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced process safety engineer to own critical process safety and reliability activities, starting with early hazard identification and carrying through to full evaluation and execution of mitigation plans. You will dive deep into both flight and non-flight hardware, collaborating with the team to drive robust process safety and reliability and address nuances inherent in early technology development with exotic materials and processes. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment and is comfortable balancing technical risk, schedule pressure, and evolving program needs.

You will partner closely with engineering, test, and operations teams to ensure that process hazards and system risks are identified early, engineered into design solutions, and managed throughout the lifecycle from concept through test execution.

While this role collaborates closely with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), it is primarily engineering-driven, focusing on process safety, system risk reduction, and reliability performance.

EHS remains the owner of the corporate/site EHS management system and compliance requirements. The Process Safety Engineer will serve as the single program owner for ATS/Gensuite action execution discipline — ensuring program-related actions are assigned, technically dispositioned, prioritized by risk, escalated when needed, and closed with adequate evidence.

As part of a hardworking team of technical professionals, you will provide subject matter expertise to engineering, production, and test teams on process safety and hazard analysis, and risk-informed design and operations.

You will support all phases of hardware development and campaign execution, including design reviews, hazard analyses, management of change, test readiness reviews, failure investigations, and evaluation of abnormal and emergency operating scenarios.

This role will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable spaceflight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

Process Safety & System Risk Engineering

Design & System Integration

Reliability & Failure Analysis

Test & Operations Support

Cross-Functional Risk Alignment

Continuous Improvement

Additional Role Context

This role provides embedded process safety and system risk engineering support for complex development and test activities. It works hand-in-hand with EHS, engineering, and operations to ensure hazards are identified early and engineered into design, clearly communicated, and effectively controlled before and during execution.

This role may also serve as a supplemental resource to EHS during high-demand operational periods, while maintaining primary responsibility for engineering-driven process safety and system risk management.

Base Pay Range for

CA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20

Other 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.

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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.

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• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here eeoc.gov/poster.

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