Instrument Specialist III — Oasis-Mission; Space Resources Program

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.

We believe that to preserve our planet, humanity must expand beyond our current limits, venturing into space to explore and harness new energy and material resources. In pursuit of this vision, we invite you to join our Space Resources Program, working alongside Blue Alchemist, Blue Origin’s initiative to enable lunar surface power production and building blocks for humanity from local materials.

The Space Resources Program encompasses multiple projects; in this role, you will contribute across the portfolio, including the current Blue Alchemist effort and future initiatives. We’re dedicated to developing and demonstrating Prospecting and In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies for the Moon, Mars, and beyond. If our mission resonates with you and you are eager to contribute, you could be the perfect addition to our inclusive, open‑minded, and forward‑thinking team.

In this hands‑on role, you will work in a fully in‑person capacity at our Los Angeles SRCE facility. You will serve as an Instrument Specialist, executing assembly, integration, verification, and calibration of two flight Instrument Modules and an Engineering Model under the guidance of the Instrument Lead and in close coordination with Design & Integration (D&I). You will contribute to instrument design, receive and kit parts, build and test hardware per the finalized V&V plan, maintain calibration artifact traceability, and prepare GSE and procedures.

You will support laboratory calibrations (Imaging Spectrometer, GRNS, magnetometers), contribute to the on‑orbit calibration plan and CRB materials, and lead portions of field test setup, data collection, and closeout. You will assist with interface verification to the satellite and dispenser, participate in joint TRRs/QRs/FRRs with PA/QA witnessing, and provide inputs to operator procedures for commissioning and operations. You will work closely with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, planetary scientists, and a senior geochemist.

• Instrument Module design, assembly, integration, and test
  • Contribute to instrument design; receive, inspect, and kit parts; assemble two flight Instrument Modules and an Engineering Model; execute ATP/functional tests and environmental testing (TVAC, vibration/shock) per the finalized V&V plan.
  • Maintain travelers, as‑built records, calibration artifact traceability, and CM discipline.
  • Deliver completion evidence for Instrument Module V&V and hardware meeting requirements.
• Calibration execution and data integration
  • Support procurement/scheduling of calibrations; coordinate shipments and lab readiness; witness or review vendor calibration activities for Imaging Spectrometer, GRNS, and magnetometers.
  • Validate calibration datasets, update coefficients, and integrate results into the data pipeline; maintain the calibration database under configuration management.
  • Deliver verified calibration datasets and inputs to the locked on‑orbit calibration plan and CRB packages.
• Field test planning and execution
  • Prepare for FTRR; ready EM and GSE; conduct rehearsals and comms link checks; support site logistics and safety.
  • Collect datasets across terrains/geometries; record ground truth; ingest/process data; contribute to geospatial projection process, compare to truth; quantify errors; propose updates to…