Priya Ball is the Integrated Product Team Lead for Test and Flight on the BE-3U upper stage engine, responsible for integrated engine system level testing and flight operations of BE-3U. Priya joined Blue Origin in 2016 as the Valves, Actuators & Instrumentation Responsible Engineer for the BE-3PM booster engine for New Shepard. She began supporting the BE-3U program in 2017, transitioning into a systems engineering role focused on CONOPs development and integration with the New Glenn launch vehicle. She also spent time on the BE-4 program where she was involved with development and delivery of the Pathfinder Tanking Test engines to ULA.

Prior to joining Blue, Priya received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a B.S. in Earth and Space Exploration - Astrophysics from Arizona State University. While at ASU she co-founded and led the Astronomy Club with an emphasis on STEM outreach to the general public and for K-12 students in particular. Priya then received an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, where she was president of the student branch of AIAA.