Sr. Manager, System Design - New Glenn Stage 2 & PA

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 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.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers you'll lead our integrated system design team for our upper stage, managing both people and making direct contributions to build reliable, high-performance space systems that will enable New Glenn to deliver large payloads to orbit and beyond. You'll push the team forward by addressing key technical decisions and solving emergent issues. You'll make meaningful technical decisions while addressing emergent issues and pushing our team forward. You'll coordinate with systems engineering to ensure designs meet requirements.

We're seeking someone with deep technical expertise in aerospace systems, proven leadership capabilities, and dedication to safety. Your contributions, from daily team interactions to resolving time critical issues, will directly advance our vision of millions of people living and working in space. Genuine passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Product Development Teams (PDTs): Guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver efficient design solutions for the New Glenn vehicle, encouraging teamwork across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical subsystems.
• Design Integration: Coordinate the development and management of integrated design solutions, ensuring alignment across all related engineering fields.
• Requirements Development: Support the creation, flow-down, and verification planning of system design requirements, ensuring configuration alignment with technical objectives.
• Trade and Impact Studies: Lead multi-functional studies to evaluate design tradeoffs and assess integration impacts, enabling data-driven decision making.
• Change Management: Coordinate and communicate design changes among affected subsystems. Assist with configuration management and engineering change requests (ECRs).
• Interface Definition: Develop and maintain interface definitions through rigorous model definition and controlled documentation.
• Issue Resolution: Manage integration priorities and proactively resolve subsystem conflicts, enabling timely advancement of module integration.
• Best Practices Adherence: Champion the use of configuration management best practices and ensure compliance with Blue Origin standards and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. or equivalent experience in Engineering.
• 10+ years of proven experience in aerospace manufacturing operations, with demonstrated expertise in production environments involving complex systems integration, process optimization, and quality management for flight hardware.
• Expert in large, integrated system design and product configuration, engineering layouts, and model based interface definition.
• 5+ years of demonstrated ability leading teams.
• Comfortable performing in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven technical expertise in system design integration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of proven experience in aerospace manufacturing operations.
• 10+ years' of proven experience in planning and execution.
• 5+ years' as a people manager.
• M.S. or equivalent experience in engineering and/or a Masters of Business Administration.
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedule, Earned Value Management, risk management, configuration management, requirements management processes.
• Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems.
• Experience with CREO, Windchill, and DOORS.

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $164,085.00-$229,719.00;WA applicants is $178,452.00-$249,832.80

Other site ranges may differ

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