AI Engineer II

AI Engineer II role on Blue Origin’s Blue Ring ground systems team, building AI/ML capabilities for satellite fleet operations, including multi-agent monitoring, conversational RAG knowledge retrieval, and ML-driven anomaly detection.

Responsibilities

• Implement and test agent components within a multi-agent architecture for telemetry analysis, anomaly detection, and reporting
• Build and maintain integrations connecting agents to ground system services
• Create agent tooling, prompt templates, and orchestration logic for LLM service integrations
• Build and maintain RAG pipeline components: document ingestion, embedding generation, and vector database indexing
• Implement retrieval strategies and answer generation workflows for operator queries
• Implement components for human-in-the-loop decision workflows, including investigation packages and remediation options
• Deploy and maintain containerized AI services using Docker and AWS infrastructure
• Contribute to audit trail, observability, and production operations, including incident response
• Prepare and transform spacecraft telemetry data to support 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
• Develop model evaluation scripts and implement metrics tracking

Requirements

• Ability to work onsite in one of: Kent, WA, Renton, WA, or Reston, VA
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ 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 or TensorFlow
• Experience 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 AWS (preferred), Docker, and basic CI/CD practices
• Solid understanding of CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and version control
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills for documentation and team collaboration

Technologies

• Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
• LLM, RAG
• Docker, AWS, CI/CD
• Vector database

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• 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
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Kubernetes
• Experience with real-time data streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis)
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning concepts or graph neural network applications
• Interest or experience in model compression, edge deployment, or resource-constrained inference

Export Control Regulations

• Applicants must be a 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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for certain job profiles: DBIDS background check if the role requires time on a military installation
• Required for certain job profiles: Drivers operating Commercial Motor Vehicles meeting specified weight and/or hazardous materials criteria may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
• Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain a Merchant Mariner Credential, including pre-employment and random drug testing and DOT physical

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

• For information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans or to request a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process, contact [email protected].

Location: Seattle, WA (onsite) · Compensation: USD 134,961 - 188,945 per year · Experience: 3+ years · Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field