Structural Tooling, GSE and Build Support Manager - New Glenn

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. 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.  

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

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As a functional manager of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will lead a team of tooling and build engineers responsible for the tooling design and analysis to support assembly and handling of the New Glenn Second Stage structures, as well as the build support of new hardware designs. As the leader of this team, you will have technical, budgetary, and schedule accountability for trade studies, detailed design, strength analysis, and drawing release for this tooling. You and your team will follow through on the manufacturing, testing, and implementation of these designs.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Recruit, hire, manage, delegate to, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team

• Facilitate your direct reports' professional growth (e.g., hiring, performance evaluations, managing compensation and promotions, regular one-on-one development discussions) and mentor them on performance.

• Develop and manage technical project plans to meet deliverables on an aggressive schedule

• Perform technical leadership and make data-informed decisions when needed on design-related topics

• Eliminate roadblocks for your team

• Develop modeling, drawing, and design for manufacturability processes that result in efficient and consistent released engineering products

• Ensure compliance with Blue Origin's detailed policies and procedures, as well as industry specifications.

• Deliver Tooling and GSE that support GS2 builds

• Assist with authoring various manufacturing engineering documentation (work orders, policies, procedures, manuals, etc.).

• Collaborate and engage with individuals from different departments and business units to achieve mission objectives.

• Champion and promote a culture of safety and quality first.

• Embrace, promote, and mentor the Blue Origin leadership principles

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering

• Minimum 5 years experience in aerospace, spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, or automotive

• Experience in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Production Lifestyle Management (PLM) software

• Experience leading product and people through various product lifecycle stages including concept, development, and production.

• Experience with managing and dispositioning non conformances

• Cost estimating experience of medium size multidisciplinary engineering projects

• Experience developing and managing schedules and budget

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; comfortable communicating strategies with Sr Leadership

• Experience leading and guiding engineering teams, assisting individuals in reaching their career and organizational goals

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, contribute to a culture of inclusion while acting as liaison between design and production.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Tooling, GSE design engineering experience

• Proficient with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

• Working Tooling, Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Integration knowledge

• Drive research and development hardware into a repeatable production product.

• Willingness to get hands on with the hardware under your scope

• Friction stir welding experience

• Supplier management experience

 

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $136,620.00-$191,268.00

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? 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 desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.

Benefits

Benefits include:  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

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