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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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on development, manufacturing, and operation of satellite systems to address one of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space mobility. As part of a hardworking team of diverse engineers, you will provide leadership across organizations, working end-to-end across payload, vehicle, and ground elements to create new and exciting solutions. The Principal Systems Architect is responsible for multi-disciplinary end-to-end system design for solutions leveraging multiple propulsion system types (chemical and electric propulsion), multiple measurement sources (ex. GPS, radiometric), and diverse destination regimes (ex. geostationary and cislunar space), as well as cradle to grave oversight of solution lifecycle. You will be the primary interface to stakeholders for multidisciplinary topics, including coordination of capability roadmaps, development of system level requirements, definition of interfaces between space elements, ground elements, and external systems, and fostering implementation, integration and test activities. You will also be a primary contributor to capture of new business, including formulation, high level design and proposal development for commercial, civil and national security customers. We're looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality; to join our team and positively impact the future of space. Passion for our mission and vision is required. Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail driven, and have excellent problem-solving abilities. You should be passionate about delivering extensible, timely solutions while contributing to the development of high-performance teams through meticulous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, and continuous process improvement. If you're excited by providing near-term value, solving novel problems, learning about interesting topics, and completing challenging activities, please apply! Special Mentions: Relocation provided Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, systems engineering, architecture, hardware, and software teams to ensure cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked Design and lead collaborative development of an end-to-end architecture that details how architectural elements are developed, constructed, deployed, and maintained across Space and Ground elements Assess system performance against current and future mission scenarios, manage performance and risk for scheduled missions Develop mission and system management CONOPs, and ensure design guidance is provided across operations, hardware and software solutions Perform detailed trade studies, ensuring mission perspective and analysis is integrated into trade criteria Coordinate and provide direction across diverse engineering teams to successful project execution by offering solutions that are imaginative, thorough, predictable, and consistent with organizational objectives Establish goals and metrics to identify opportunities to deliver customer solutions to cost, performance, and schedule requirements Serve as systems level focal throughout the program lifecycle as systems are developed, championing the conceptual vision and adapting it to reality Mentor and train across the program to ensure approach, philosophy, and technology are understood and implemented so they provide required capabilities and value to our customers Minimum Qualifica