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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! We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. 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. As part of a hardworking team of diverse spacecraft development engineers, you will build and lead a diverse team of GN&C engineers developing and delivering on-board autonomy algorithms and flight software. In this role, you will manage between 7-12 direct reports. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Permanence system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of 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: Directly develop a team of GN&C autonomy engineers. This includes being responsible for the people, processes, and tools crucial for best-in-class performance. Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team Manage direct reports' professional development (e.g., hiring, performance reviews, compensation and promotion management, routine one-on-one development conversations) and coach them on performance. Demonstrate effective communication, listening abilities, and empathy as a leader. You are an expert in the subject area, and you will assure that your team's work products meet domain quality standards. You will ensure the team's work standards and tools align with other Blue Origin business units and with industry trends. Guide architecture for integrated vehicle autonomous behaviors, modes, and states; fault protection; and interactions with operators. Guide and support the development and execution of autonomy applications at both the vehicle level and local control level Guide and support software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing and verification for vehicle autonomy Perform technical work and provide technical leadership of the highest caliber Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles Support the integrated product manager to identify and track program and technical risks, develop and maintain schedule, resource allocation, and budget Qualifications: Minimum BS and applied industry experience in aerospace or related field Experience leading technical teams Industry experience with systems for space, reentry, or hypersonic vehicles Experience in development of requirements, interfaces, trades, and analyses for autonomy systems Strong fundamentals in rigid body dynamics, fluid mechanics, and/or first principles physics-based mathematical models Strong understanding of spacecraft autonomy principles and fault protection techniques Understanding of the principles, concepts, and methods of systems engineering such as concept development, requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning, and operations Experience in modeling hardware components and analyzing performanc