Process Manufacturing Engineer Principle - Advanced Metal Forming

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 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

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will oversee component fabrication, assembly, and testing of flight hardware for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of transforming the way rockets are made and operated. If you share our passions and vision, thrive in a dynamic startup environment, excel on integrated cross-functional teams, are experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies (even if perhaps not in the aerospace industry), continuously seek out opportunities to learn and improve, enjoy occasional travel, and do not allow title or job description to limit the depth or breadth of your contributions, then we would love to hear from you. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the application of materials and processes for use in manufacturing of spin-form hardware

• Provide mentorship to other Manufacturing Engineers

• Perform engineering drawing review and provide final approval for manufacturing

• Collaborate with design, analysis, manufacturing, integration and quality teams on the implementation of product design requirements into production

• Perform root cause analyses when non-conformances and escapes are identified and deploy systemic corrective actions

• Manage hardware configuration and maintain pedigree throughout the entire build and test process

• Lead the development of internal engineering and quality processes to standardize and accelerate process development, qualification, and rate production

• Extreme customer focus combined with strong verbal and written communication

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Materials or Aerospace Engineering (other relevant fields may apply) from an accredited university.

• Minimum 15 years of direct manufacturing and manufacturing engineering experience.

• Hardware manufacturing experience with structures, fluid systems, or mechanical systems including but not limited to assembly, integration, instrumentation, cleaning, non-destructive testing, leak testing, machining, welding, surface coatings, or composite structures.

• Demonstrated experience standing up new manufacturing processes

• Experience with qualifying new processes and developing process controls

• Understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing including working knowledge of GD&T.

• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams of diverse skills across large geographic distances.

• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).

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

• Ability to develop processes compliant with industry quality systems such as AS9100.

• 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

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with spin forming

• Experience with GTAW and electron beam welding

• Experience with bellows manufacturing and expansion joints

• Experience with heat treatment

• Experience authoring work instructions and documentation

• Experience w