Patricia Remias

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1985

Pat Remias is the Vice President of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering at Blue Origin, a private space company working to radically reduce the cost of access to space and harness its vast resources for the benefit of Earth. With over 40 years of executive, engineering, and program management experience in DoD, NASA, commercial, and international aerospace programs, Pat is a seasoned aerospace executive dedicated to innovation.

Pat joined Blue Origin in 2022 as the Vice President of Space Destinations. In 2023, Pat was appointed Vice President of Space Systems Development, where she leads the research and development group, ideating and formulating new projects and programs in Commercial LEO Development, Lunar Mobility and Habitats, In-Situ Space Resources (ISRU) and Space Nuclear areas, among others. Her role expanded in 2024 to develop force multipliers for engineering productivity at Blue Origin.

Prior to Blue Origin, Pat was at Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), where she was responsible for establishing the company’s new satellite business group – followed by developing complete engineering infrastructure for SNC’s Sierra Space subsidiary, including the Dream Chaser® space plane development effort. She previously held positions at NAVAIR, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ComTech Aeroastro.

Pat has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and a graduate certificate in Engineering Management from The Catholic University of America. She is an AIAA Associate Fellow and an Emeritus member of Virginia Tech’s AOE Advisory Board.

Pat and her husband Trevor live in Erie, Colorado with their two children. She is a 2nd degree black belt in American Tae Kwon Do, a proud soccer mom, and a very average skier and golfer.