Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin adding 300+ jobs in Huntsville—Here's how to apply

Want to be involved in Blue Origin’s mission to make space travel a regular thing? Here’s your chance: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ rocket manufacturing operation in Huntsville is adding more than 300 jobs right now. Read on to find out how to apply.

Engineers, machinists + more

Blue Origin currently has 323 open positions at the Engineering Manufacturing Facility in Research Park and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Redstone Arsenal, with more being added regularly. The Research Park facility is currently focused on producing BE-3 and BE-4 engines, while Blue Origin’s work at MSFC is centered around refurbishing the 60-year-old engine test stand, according to AL.com.

Here’s a selection of the jobs that need to be filled right now:

CNC machinist
CNC tooling coordinator
Communication engineer
Cyber security engineer
Engines integration structural analyst
Industrial controls engineer
Machine shop supervisors, day + night shifts
Manufacturing engineer
Propulsion design engineer
Senior systems engineer
+ dozens more

View the full list of job openings online.

Internships + new grad opportunities

If you’re still in college or looking at graduation soon, Blue Origin has special opportunities for you. Here’s what positions are available in Huntsville right now:

The next mission

The lineup for NS-20, the next New Shepard flight, was just announced Monday. The six-person crew includes:

Marty Allen, CEO and angel investor
Pete Davidson, comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member
Marc Hagle, president and CEO of Tricor International
Sharon Hagle, founder of SpaceKids Global
Jim Kitchen, teacher, entrepreneur and world explorer
Dr. George Nield, president of Commercial Space Technologies, LLC

NS-20 is set to launch next Wednesday, March 23.

The upcoming mission will be the twentieth New Shepard mission and the fourth manned flight in the program. Previous crews have included notable figures like:

Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, the New Shepard’s namesake, + chair of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees
Michael Strahan, Good Morning America co-anchor and former NFL player
William Shatner, actor most known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek

Ready to take a trip to space yourself? You can fill out an online application to be included in a future New Shepard mission. Be prepared to shell out a pretty penny—while Bezos and Blue Origin have declined to publicly state ticket prices, you can expect something north of $250,000/seat.

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