Blue Origin space company opens new office in Phoenix; ‘picked a perfect place,’ says Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group partner, director of corporate transactions, and chair of the firm’s space law department

By AZ Big Media

PHOENIX, AZ (April 26, 2023) – Blue Origin, a private space company, today celebrated the grand opening of its new office in Phoenix, Arizona. The new 43,288-square-foot office will contribute to avionics, systems engineering, and supply chain management across Blue Origin’s programs. Blue Origin has already hired more than 100 people for its Phoenix office and expects to hire hundreds more.

Blue Origin leadership celebrated the grand opening alongside Arizona Commerce Authority President and CEO Sandra Watson, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, community leaders and Blue Origin employees.

“Blue Origin is thrilled to invest in the Valley and open our site in Phoenix, which offers a vast amount of aerospace engineering and manufacturing talent and excellent universities and trade schools statewide,” said Michael Edmonds, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing, and Sales, Blue Origin. “This partnership will accelerate our mission to reduce the cost of access to space resources for the benefit of Earth.”

The new office is hiring positions to support operations from program management and supply chain to avionics, systems engineering, and analysis. These positions include engineering functions, mission design, integration, and software across launch vehicle and space system programs.


“We are excited to welcome global aerospace innovator Blue Origin to Arizona,” said Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “Blue Origin’s new office will support the development of next generation spacecraft while expanding our vibrant aerospace industry and creating skilled jobs for our growing workforce.”

READ ON:

Arizona is the perfect place for commercial space companies to headquarter because we have the top space tech and science expertise. In fact, if AZ becomes the next state with a spaceport, we’ll see an explosion of growth in the space sector.

Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group partner, director of corporate transactions, and head of the firm’s space law department

Share this!

Additional Articles

News Categories

Get Our Twice Weekly Newsletter!

* indicates required

Rose Law Group pc values “outrageous client service.” We pride ourselves on hyper-responsiveness to our clients’ needs and an extraordinary record of success in achieving our clients’ goals. We know we get results and our list of outstanding clients speaks to the quality of our work.