Principal AI Engineer - Blue Ring

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. 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.

Blue Ring is Blue Origins multi-mission space mobility platform, and this team is building the next generation of intelligent ground systems that will redefine how satellite fleets are operated—moving beyond manual monitoring and reactive processes.
We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join the Blue Ring software team. You will lead the development of AI and machine learning capabilities embedded in Blue Rings ground system, spanning multi-agent monitoring, conversational knowledge retrieval, and ML-driven anomaly detection that empower satellite operations at fleet scale. In this role, you will build agent tooling, maintain RAG knowledge pipelines, develop telemetry ML models, and support production AI services that operators rely on daily.
As a member of the Blue Ring AI/ML engineering team, you will contribute to the AI/ML systems that form the intelligence layer for Blue Origins satellite fleet operations. Implement and test agent components within the multi-agent architecture for telemetry analysis, anomaly detection, and reporting
Build and maintain RAG pipeline components including document ingestion, embedding generation, and vector database indexing
Deploy and maintain containerized AI services using Docker and AWS infrastructure
Contribute to audit trail, observability systems, and production operations including incident response
Model Development (Post-training and Time-series Analysis):
Prepare and transform spacecraft telemetry data for ML model training
Assist in training and evaluating anomaly detection and time-series forecasting models on telemetry data
Support automated model retraining pipelines that incorporate new flight data and operator feedback
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
~10+ years of professional software development experience with exposure to AI/ML applications
~ Proficiency in Python and familiarity with at least one AI/ML framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
~ Experience with building or contributing to LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, or agent-based systems
~ Exposure to time-series data processing, anomaly detection, or ML model training on sensor or telemetry data
~ Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker), and basic CI/CD practices
~ Solid understanding of CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and version control
~ PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Experience with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, or equivalent managed AI/ML services
Experience with Databricks or similar platforms for data engineering and ML workflows
Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, pgvector, FAISS) and embedding model pipelines
Experience with time-series ML architectures (RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers) for forecasting or anomaly detection
Exposure to multi-agent system frameworks or agentic AI orchestration patterns
Familiarity with spacecraft operations, satellite telemetry, or aerospace engineering concepts
Experience with real-time data streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis)
Familiarity with reinforcement learning concepts or graph neural network applications
Interest or experience in model compression, edge deployment, or resource-constrained inference
WA applicants is $230,773.00 - $323,081.85 Other site ranges may differ
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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.
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