Monthly Blue Origin Career Thread

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Intro

Welcome to the monthly Blue Origin career discussion thread for September 2024, where you can talk about all career & professional topics. Topics may include:

• Professional career guidance & questions; e.g. Hiring process, types of jobs, career growth at Blue Origin

• Educational guidance & questions; e.g. what to major in, which universities are good, topics to study

• Questions about working for Blue Origin; e.g. Work life balance, living in Kent, WA, pay and benefits

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Guidelines

1. Before asking any questions, check if someone has already posted an answer! A link to the previous thread can be found here.

2. All career posts not in these threads will be removed, and the poster will be asked to post here instead.

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[u/Garrett_Greene_Fan]

I am just disheartened. I graduated with my Master's in Mechanical Engineering in August, and have been applying to positions since I defended my thesis in June. I applied for the New Grad Rotation Program in GNC (my research was related to state estimation/navigation for spacecraft) and I was removed from consideration before I even had a phone screen interview. If I can't get an interview for a position for new grads, should I stop wasting my time applying at Blue Origin for the time being? I know that no company is going to provide reasoning as to why I wasn't selected, but it still is frustrating.

[u/silent_bark → u/Garrett_Greene_Fan]

Yeah no new grad is pretty competitive, and I know lots of people who apply straight for level 1 roles instead of going through NGR.

I'd recommend you check out r/EngineeringResumes and get some critique on your resume if you're concerned it's being filtered out. Also don't get disheartened by not getting your foot in the door, 80% of the younger engineers (even with a masters) at Blue seem to work at another (aerospace) company for a few years at least before making their way over.