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We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a safe environment. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and specialists, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the New Glenn rocket composite manufacturing processes. New Glenn is a single configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. Featuring a reusable first stage built for 25 missions, New Glenn will build a road to space. You will directly support New Glenn’s as well as Blue Origin’s success through leading the qualification and build of large scale composite parts at external vendors, design for manufacturability, non-conformance processing, and development and improvement of process specifications. Throughout the manufacturing process, you will also identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, lead with a commitment to quality and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Manage configuration, quality, and schedule for flight and development hardware internally and at external suppliers
• Support qualification of vendors to implement new processes and hardware, including tooling and equipment reviews
• Review vendor documentation to ensure compliance to hardware requirements
• Coordinate response to nonconformances at external vendors, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Prioritize hardware procurement and coordinate build priorities
• Work with design team to ensure manufacturability of new hardware
• Support development of new and robust manufacturing processes and transition into production
• Travel to support internal and external production up to 20% of the time

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering or relevant field from ABET accredited school
• Familiarity with composites and related materials (prepregs, fibers, resins, cores, adhesives, coatings, etc.)

• Hands-on experience, including composite fabrication experience
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills to balance small and large projects with a a diverse group of customers
• Ability to work cooperatively with teams of diverse skills across large geographic distances.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired:

• Experience with aircraft, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or satellite development, production, or operations
• Experience with polymer based composite fabrication process development and process qualification
• Involvement with vendor qualification and procedure reviews
• Experience defining and procuring composite fabrication tooling
• Experience with design for manufacturing and engineering drawing review
• Experience with root cause analyses and corrective actions
• Experience working with external vendors
• Experience with composite repair
• Proficiency in 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E & Catia preferred).

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $69,840 - $102,432

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $69,840 - $102,432

Other site ranges may differ

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here and here.

Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Benefits

Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.

Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays

Discretionary bonus programs