Senior Manufacturing Engineer (ESD) - Lunar Lander MK1 (R40162)

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 toward 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. If you share our passions and vision, thrive in a dynamic startup environment, excel on integrated cross-functional teams of diverse individuals, are experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies (even if perhaps not in the aerospace industry), continuously seek out opportunities to learn and improve, 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. 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 a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, oversight, and compliance of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) requirements of Lunar Lander programs for the flight vehicles, subsystems, and facilities. You will engage with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, and Program teams to ensure compliance to design driven ESD requirements during processing. You will use your background to understand and effectively communicate with internal stakeholders to guide priorities that support the requirements and operational needs.

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!

Qualifications:

• 12-15+ years’ experience with electronics and/or ESD sensitive assemblies in the aerospace, electronics, or other manufacturing setting including defining and implementing requirements in a developmental environment.
• B.S. Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or similar.
• Experience with ANSI/ESD S20.20, 1.0
• Experience with NASA-STD-8739.10
• Excellent written, communication and presentation skills.
• Aptitude for hands-on problem solving, with a passion for space systems.
• Identify tooling needs, pertaining to ESD, for a production environment
• Perform engineering drawing reviews and provide final approval for manufacturing
• Ensure build readiness in an ESD capacity
• Provide shipside/lineside support working directly with flight hardware
• Participate in anomaly investigations, root cause/corrective action analyses, and development/implantation of recovery plans
• Demonstrated ownership in your area of responsibility.
• Non-conformance report (NCR) generation, management, & closure
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Ability to support scheduled work shift (we may rotate shifts occasionally) and work off-shift (2nd or 3rd shifts), extended hours, and weekends if/when vital.
• 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.

 

Must be physically able to:

• Support production floor activities.
• Climb stairs and work in small areas.
• Lift and carry 40 lbs.

 

Desired:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or similar) from an accredited college or university
• Extensive experience in New Product Development
• Experience with planning complex aerospace integrated assemblies.

 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 

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