Aerospace Medicine Specialist
$213,677–$299,147 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States or Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Support vehicle design, operations, and strategy by developing health and medical standards, identifying human spaceflight risks, and delivering countermeasures for crew safety. Create clinical protocols for astronauts before, during, and after missions, while advising business units on astronaut health and safety issues. Engage across programs to ensure medical expertise influences design and operations, and represent Blue Origin's health strategy in internal, cross-company, and public forums. Own technical data and deliverables, including health-related requirements and ConOps documents, while collaborating with engineering teams to advance company goals.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from an accredited institution
- Active and unrestricted state medical license (relevant medical board complaints subject to review)
- Aerospace Medicine Board Certification or board-eligible status
- Continuous clinical practice in a specialty field within the past 2 years
- Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering (e.g. Biomedical, Aerospace, Mechanical) or a closely related field
- Experience supporting human spaceflight programs (e.g., NASA, DoD, commercial spaceflight)
- Demonstrated technical expertise in health- or medical-related engineering within spaceflight or operationally relevant extreme environment contexts
- Health and medical human spaceflight operational experience, particularly associated with Low Earth Orbit and/or exploration-class vehicles and habitats
- Working knowledge of health and medical countermeasures to combat physiological deconditioning, maintain crew member health, and mitigate spaceflight-associated risks
- Understanding of human health impacts in extreme environments (e.g., hyper/hypobaric environments, prehospital and remote medicine)
- Familiarity with life support systems required for human survival in space
- Expertise in astronaut and ground crew emergency response across different phases of flight
- Experience writing and evaluating system requirements and verifications
- Ability to identify, evaluate, and develop new space technologies and procedures
- Active and unencumbered medical license to practice in Washington, Florida, Texas, or Alabama
- Advanced operational experience with NASA, DoD, or commercial human spaceflight programs
- Experience as a certified flight controller or in an equivalent Mission Operations capacity
- Prior experience developing or contributing to human spaceflight medical standards, policies, or regulatory frameworks
- Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical
- Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training
Desired Qualifications
- Board-eligible status may be considered
- Advanced operational experience with NASA, DoD, or commercial human spaceflight programs
- Experience as a certified flight controller or in an equivalent Mission Operations capacity
- Prior experience developing or contributing to human spaceflight medical standards, policies, or regulatory frameworks
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