Hardware Integration Product Team Lead

Application close date:

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

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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

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 part of a small, hardworking and accomplished team of experts you will support the IPT for GS2PA. This role will provide a bridge between the program engineering teams and the manufacturing, integration and test teams to ensure that production does not stop. You will be actively involved in the planning and execution of ongoing work in the factory, which includes schedule management for multiple builds in-process, the identification and resolution of bottlenecks and part shortages, and the tracking engineering changes to reduce cost and enable rate. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedication 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

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Program Manager and be accountable for program planning, execution, and on-time/ on-budget delivery of products & supporting artifacts for your assigned product scope.
• Own the overall lifecycle of your assigned product scope from development through qualification/ rate production and successful launch operations.
• Coordinate the efforts of your multi-functional integrated product team comprised of engineering, program planning & control, supply chain, manufacturing/ production engineering, production, tooling, quality, and test.
• Establish and maintain regular business rhythm, consistent review products, action tracking, and consolidate information for effective decision making, including maintaining and routinely reporting performance to plan on schedule, resources, program/ product cost, and technical performance metrics for program and company level reviews.
• Communicate status, critical paths, challenges, and recommended solutions. Provide customer concern where additional support is needed to meet program and company goals.
• Lead overall scope completion for your IPT, including execution aligned with Blue processes or an approved tailored approach.
• Lead technical and programmatic risks/opportunities. This includes technical, scope (i.e., cost and schedule), asset and safety risks and opportunities specific to program and project execution. Risk management includes identifying, documenting, communicating, developing mitigation plans and collaborating with your peers & program leaders to drive outcomes to program acceptable levels.
• Build the framework used to develop and monitor project metrics and drive collection of project data.
• Coordinate documented Non-Conformances (NCs), reports, drawing release, work orders, and test planning for your IPT.
• Facilitate support from Blue Origin Support Functions: Operations, Integrated Supply Chain (ISC), Manufacturing and Operations, Launch Operations, Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) and other support organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Desire to lead and manage small teams on fast-paced hardware and flight projects.
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or technical field, or in lieu of a technical degree, must show significant demonstrated experience leading teams designing/ developing complex engineered products.
• 8+ years of experience in designing/developing/supporting complex engineered products.
• 2+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with logic-linked scheduling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated technical/programmatic expertise in spacecraft, launch vehicle, or aircraft development; including one or more of the following: spacecraft, launch vehicles, liquid rocket engines or components, engine installations, turbine engines, fluid systems/ tanks, and systems engineering.
• Desire to support customer, government contractor and internal Blue executive interaction.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive professional relationships 
• 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:

• Formal project management training or certification
• Experience with budget and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• Experience with IMP/IMS, risk management, configuration management, requirements management processes.
• Experience across multiple portions of the product life cycle.
• Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems.
• Experience with Primavera (P6), DOORS, CREO, Windchill.

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $152,235.00-$213,127.95

Other site ranges may differ

Culture 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 an 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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles:  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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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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