Sr Manager - Tanks & Structures - New Glenn Stage II

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!  

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

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.  

As a functional manager of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of varying experience levels, you will lead a diverse team of structures engineers for New Glenn Stage 2 Tanks & Structures team. As the Structures Engineering Manager, you will have technical, budgetary and schedule accountability for trade studies, detailed design, strength analysis, drawing release and you will follow through on manufacturing, testing and flight phases of the program.

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:

• Lead and mentor a growing team of engineers, while encouraging a culture of teamwork and innovation
• Lead structural design through the entire lifecycle to include production.
• Support around-the-clock production, integration, and testing at our manufacturing facility, incorporate product design improvements to lower cost and deliver hardware to support rate production.
• Plan and coordinate the resources vital to effectively design, build, test, and certify the structural hardware.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight of design and development, with complete ownership of end item compliance to the defined requirements.
• Track and deliver on tight schedules, strict cost targets, and high-performance goals, driving rapid decision-making rooted in data and results.
• Identify, supervise, and mitigate risks to technical performance, cost, and schedule.
• Lead the team in source selection for all structural commodities, supplier selection and management.
• Lead team to develop and document system design to support operations, integration, manufacturing, and quality.
• Routinely report performance to plan on schedule, resources, cost, and technical performance metrics.
• Develop project summary presentations for customer reviews, internal team meetings and support to Blue Origin communications team

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. or equivalent experience in an aerospace, mechanical, or systems engineering-related field, with 8+ years experience.
• Experience running launch vehicle hardware or equivalent development program.
• Prior experience as technical or subsystem lead, working in a fast-paced lean engineering environment and coordinating a team.
• Experienced in leading programs and technology in aerospace development, crafting, deploying, and supporting complete flight systems.
• Leader with excellent organization, proficient written and verbal communication, demonstrated resourcefulness, sound business and technical judgment, and a bias for action.
• Successful experience in hiring and developing great people with diverse skills and demonstrated ability to empower and prioritize effective teams and resolve conflicts.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and ability to travel in support of the program, customer, and supplier activities.
• Must be able to travel up to 25-50% of time and to remote sites
• 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 

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. in aerospace engineer