Senior Operations Training Engineer (Ts/Sci Required) - Blue Ring

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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 Blue National Security (BNS), where our focus is the design, development, and delivery of launch and spacecraft systems for national security missions. Through Blue Ring, our all-in-one, high-powered hybrid solar-electric and chemical-propelled spacecraft, we provide unmatched mission maneuverability, versatility, and capacity at dramatically lower-profile costs.

This role is part of the Blue National Security business unit, which is pioneering the development, manufacturing, and operation of Blue Ring, a groundbreaking space-mobility platform that unlocks unparalleled access to any orbit and the freedom to maneuver between orbits at will. With Blue Ring, our customers are empowered to go anywhere in Earth, cislunar, or interplanetary orbit domains, redefine mission flexibility, and pursue bold new concepts that were once beyond reach. If you’re energized by the idea of working with a platform capable of enabling missions without compromise, this is your moment to make history with us.

As a Senior Training Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams spanning both space and ground segments to ensure the people flying Blue Ring spacecraft are trained, certified, and ready before launch. You’ll play a key role in designing curriculum, building and running exercises and mission rehearsals, and evaluating and certifying operators. Your expertise and initiative will directly enable Blue Origin to deliver and sustain next-generation space capabilities for a diverse set of customers.

Join us in enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit earth - passion for our mission is required!

Special Mentions

• Based at Reston, VA or Denver, CO office. Relocation provided.
• Travel expected up to 20% of the time to support training events, rehearsals, and working sessions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Own one or more Blue Ring training areas end to end, such as a console position’s certification flow, the anomaly response curriculum, or a mission’s rehearsal campaign, from task analysis through final evaluation.
• Build training with a systematic instructional design process (ADDIE or equivalent), covering job and task analysis, learning objectives, lesson plans, evaluation criteria, and the hands-on events that tie them together.
• Write and run the simulation scenarios that get a team ready to fly, including nominal timelines, subsystem failures, ground segment outages, and compound anomalies that force real decisions on console.
• Serve as simulation supervisor and lead instructor for integrated exercises and mission rehearsals, then run the debrief and turn the findings into training updates and procedure change requests.
• Evaluate operator proficiency and currency through written, practical, and on-console evaluations. Recommend certification and decertification, and build remedial and contingency training when an operator falls short.
• Define and maintain certification flows and training records in our training management system, and report team readiness to mission leadership ahead of mission readiness reviews.
• Define requirements for training simulators and other training assets (software simulators, hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop test beds, malfunction injection, scenario scripting), and work with the simulation and ground software teams to get them built and validated.
• Work with flight software, GNC, power, propulsion, communications, ground systems, and payload engineers to keep training content technically correct as the vehicle and the ops products change.
• Train the wider mission team as needed, including integration and test, engineering support, launch services, and payload customers. Mentor junior training engineers and set the standards for lesson quality and evaluation consistency across the training team.
• Foster continuous improvement by tracking training effectiveness and feeding lessons‑learned from rehearsals and on‑orbit operations back into the curriculum.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• B.S. in Engineering, Physical Science, Education, or related fields, or equivalent military training and experience.
• 8+ years of experience operating spacecraft or training spacecraft operators, including at least 4 years designing, delivering, and evaluating training for satellite operations crews.
• Hands‑on experience running operator training in a simulator or on a live system, including building scenarios, injecting failures, and evaluating crew response.
• Experience writing training course materials (lesson objectives and plans, evaluation criteria, hands‑on training activities).
• Experience evaluating and certifying operators against a written standard.
• Working knowledge of spacecraft subsystems (GNC, power, propulsion, thermal, command and data handling, communications) and the ground segment, deep enough to write a credible failure scenario and judge the crew’s response to it.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills to lead technical training and debriefs.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to support training events, rehearsals, and working sessions. Frequency will fluctuate depending on phase of mission or concurrent missions.
• Ability to support varied workday hours. Training may be required off hours or in shifts to accommodate time zones and work schedules. On‑call support may also be required.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability

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