Avionics Sr. Manager, Crew Lander

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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!  

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.  

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Blue Origin is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join the Blue Moon Crew Lander team as the Sr. Manager of Avionics.  In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to manage a team to deliver a critical subsystem of the Blue Moon Crew Lander. The Sr. Manager is accountable for leading a team to deliver the full subsystem scope for a lander, inclusive of requirements, technical performance, schedule, and budget. The Sr. Manager will manage the day-to-day efforts as well as career development of a talented and diverse group of professionals to deliver for our customers. 

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 include

• Define, own, and control the subsystem technical baseline, performing technical work and providing technical leadership of the highest caliber.

• Define, own, and control the subsystem cost and schedule baseline, driving continuous improvement and refinement of the baseline to meet needs and targets in a dynamic development environment.

• Manage a team of engineers to specify, design, analyze, manufacture, integrate, test, and deliver hardware and software components that satisfy mission objectives while balancing cost, schedule, and risk.

• Manage external procurements and internal hardware dependencies required to meet subsystem deliveries.

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

• Manage your direct reports’ professional development (e.g., performance reviews, compensation and promotion management, routine one-on-one development conversations) and coach them on performance.

• Drive excellence in programmatic and project operations through data-driven management approach

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups with responsibility for leading and coaching employees.

• 8+ years of relevant experience in the full lifecycle development of aerospace systems, including experience in one or more of requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning, and operation.

• Demonstrated expertise in the subsystem domain technical area

• Resource management experience leading multidisciplinary development projects, including managing staffing, budget, and schedule.

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or another technical field.

• 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

• Experience with verification, integration, and test, of integrated subsystems or systems on a