Electrical and Communications Technical Project Manager III, New Shepard Ground Systems (R40191)

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!  

This role is a part of New Shepard, a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, and engineers (use as appropriate), you will be responsible for the successful completion of projects in the Avionics and Electrical Ground Support Equipment (AvEGSE) and Instrumentation & Controls Equipment (ICE) sub-systems. The types of equipment include but are not limited to RF ground stations, battery conditioners, data acquisition systems, ground personnel communication systems, launch vehicle test equipment, and ground control systems. You will keep team members focused by supporting, communicating, and coordinating activities between multiple cross-functional teams and individuals. Your in-depth technical knowledge of electrical systems, data acquisition, and RF communication systems will ensure appropriate planning and support to enable on-time, high quality completion of engineering projects and readiness for program increment milestones. You will develop and maintain Statements of Work (SOW) while coordinating and communicating with 3rd party suppliers to ensure projects are completed on budget and schedule. You will create Basis of Estimates (BoE) to accurately estimate resources, schedules, hours, and costs. For each project, you will identify and manage project risks, mitigations, and opportunities to communicate to program leadership. You will maintain the integrated master schedule and associated JIRA/ITS ticket content while working with peers to ensure accuracy and validity of the development scope and schedule. Your electrical technical depth and engineering experience will aid the team in requirement development, CONOP development, technical reports & plans, and facilitating technical design reviews for the projects. You will present at Mission Scope Reviews (MSR) to communicate the scope, schedule, and resource plan to program leadership to make informed mission manifest decisions. You will work together with the Cognizant Engineers (subject matter experts) to ensure technical quality and robust engineering is being driven into each project.

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 10% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ability to facilitate high level, highly technical, strategic development decisions for the system to meet future programmatic goals.
• Author and maintain Statements of Work (SOW)
• Create and validate Basis of Estimates (BoE) for new projects and changes.
• Process Program Change Requests (PCR) for changes to the baseline schedule or budget.
• Lead and support technical gated design reviews.
• Identify, assess, document, and mitigate Ground system technical, safety, and operational risks throughout the sub-systems.
• Management of engineering scope content in JIRA.
• Drive projects forward by communicating clear and concise deliverables and need-by dates to cross-functional teams and individuals.
• Submit production demand for hardware and track build progress to need-by dates.
• Create accurate forecasts for schedules, resource demand, and fully burdened budgets for development projects in project plans.
• Support project design trades, concept development, and requirement development.
• Support the project team to integrate contributions from multiple disciplines and through multiple locations & time zones

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in electrical engineering or related field
• Experience working in direct or related technical operational environment.
• 5+ years of experience in project management/project engineering including managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, cost, and communications.
• Ability to assimilate technical engineering information quickly and summarize concisely.
• Strongly lead and work effectively in collaborative team environments.
• Be self-directed and balance several large, complex projects at one time.
• Proficient in project management tools and applications.
• Experience working with and leading cross-functional teams in a diverse work environment.
• Outstanding organizational and tim