Prin. Maintenance Operations Architect

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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.

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 team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a safety-first culture. 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! In this role, you will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of operations and maintenance, interfaces, and processes to achieve New Glenn program’s mission to make human spaceflight accessible and affordable. As a Maintenance Operations Architect within Launch System Architecture, you will be involved in developing the maintenance and refurbishment framework, influence design for operability and maintainability, trade studies, concept of operations development, and maintenance requirements.

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for creating a comprehensive operations approach for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle and associated ground systems, and working closely with the New Glenn Operations team to ensure the system is maintainable, serviceable, and conducive to safe, rapid, and repeatable operations.  You will work across elements and support integrated solutions while making sure maintainability and rapid launch cadence are central tenants.  This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities Include:

• Identify launch rate limiters throughout maintenance / refurbishment & roadmap to scale
• Assess, identify and support fixes to gaps in system operational timeline for next generation New Glenn development
• Establish design for maintainability program priorities and coordinate implementations across development efforts
• Serve as a technical point of contact for design, test, software, operations, and refurbishment artifacts.
• Author operations documents to define product testing requirements, operations lifecycle, maintenance requirements, and critical performance/requirements interfaces across the system.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and appropriate integration of operating requirements into procedures, scripts, and displays used during vehicle operations.
• Provide program support to the chief engineer office for delegated engineering change requests, design review actions, technical readiness reviews, performance metrics/assessment and technical risk management.
• Coordinate ground support tooling and enterprise technology tool needs
• Integrate maintenance con-ops requirements across New Glenn & Operations

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses
• 12+ years of proven experience in operations and product development
• Prior experience with development of complex systems and with operations and maintenance manual development
• Knowledge of fabrication, fielded product maintenance, integration processes, quality and configuration management systems
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
• Ability to travel to Space Coast, Florida or Kent Washington (