Test and Integration Lead - Production Vehicle

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 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 seeking a highly skilled Integration Engineer to join our Test Operations team. The selected candidate will have the broad responsible for directing rocket vehicle test integration activities, ensuring seamless coordination across engineering, test, and operation functions to drive an optimized manufacturing flow from start to finish. While this role is an individual contributor position, the influence of the role is significant requiring both technical and personnel leadership to provide the high-level direction to the team to deliver the integrated vehicle.  

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!

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Direct work within operations to support rocket component, module and final integration activities. 

• Liaise and facilitate the efforts of a broad multi-functional group including design, manufacturing, and test engineering as well as supply chain and other operations teams to enable to successful integration of the rocket.  

• Broad accountability to make informed decisions regarding build and test sequence and schedule to optimize efficiency and meet project timelines. 

• Triage and provide engineering direction on off nominal and discrepant situations to enable Production Test to move forward. 

• Take ownership of the entire test flow, including reporting progress and challenges to leadership, recovery planning and continuous improvement of execution.  

• Manage optimization activities to decrease unit lead time and cost to radically reduce the cost of access to space. 

• Mitigate risks and manage impacts to ensure project objectives are achieved. 

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to deliver the required verification artifacts at completion of build to successfully transfer the rocket into operational service. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses.

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in designing/developing/supporting complex engineered products. 

• 2+ years of project management or system integration experience. 

• Enjoy leading and participating in highly collaborative efforts and a desire to lead and manage small teams on a fast-paced hardware and flight projects.

• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships t