Manufacturing Engineer II – Composites Fabrication & Integration

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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 looking for Manufacturing Engineers to join us on building the road to space.

In this role you will be responsible for providing manufacturing definition in support of Blue Origin’s New Glenn composite products.

Tasks will include creating build & flow documents, identifying and designing required production tools, creating manufacturing BOMs, authoring work instructions, determining build schedules, and supporting the product on the production floor. You will work in a cross functional team role with tooling engineering, facilities engineering, and project management functions.

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 will include:

• Creating build & flow artifacts including items like build plan, duration estimates, index plan, condition of assembly, and PFMEAs
• Performing trades with vehicle level and subsystem design teams to better enable fabrication and integration of composite parts
• Lead development efforts to optimize the current build plan to reduce critical path durations
• Follow the build onto the floor and be the technical point of contact during build execution
• Standing up the work center that the vehicle will be produced in by identifying and procuring required tools, providing facility requirements for space or utilities, and organizing the overall work area

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Prior experience working on aircraft or spacecraft composites fabrication, structural assembly, fluids integration, avionics integration, or similar experience; total of five years of working experience
• Experience driving a product from concept development into production
• Experience with a variety of hardware manufacturing practices including drilling, shimming, fastening, composites fabrication, fluids integration, avionics integration, instrumentation, precision cleaning, non-destructive testing, leak testing, orbital tube welding, and machining
• Proven ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results  
• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software (Creo or CATIA V5)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills  
• Strong organizational and analytical skills  
• Strong digital literacy (MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, and Agile Management tools such as Jira, Confluence or AirTable)  
• 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.  
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion 
• BS of Engineering from an accredited college or university. ABET is preferred and others will be considered

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Hands on experience with building flight hardware
• Experience with launch vehicle, spacecraft, or satellite development, production, or operations
• Experience in prioritizing hardware procurement and fabrication and communicating these priorities to the team

Inclusivity Statement

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