Project Engineer III - New Glenn Rocket

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.

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!

This Position is Fixed Term: 1 Year

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Develop and/or maintain project plans to deliver Umbilical hardware and sub-assemblies in support of development, qualification and flight hardware, and test.
• Develop, lead, and report progress on the team’s scope, schedule, cost, and resource & hardware plans.
• Manage, prioritize, and report progress of engineering release, assembly, acceptance testing, work orders, production control and work center activities.
• Create and manage line of balance for development hardware and tooling. 
• Manage and maintain a hardware usage log; active tracking of location, usage history, maintenance/rework history, and life of top-level component hardware.
• Partner with multi-functional teams to develop detailed procedures and establish product roadmaps.
• Assess programmatic impact of engineering change requests. 
• Coordinate and drive engineering changes with upstream and downstream partners.
• Review procurement plans for sourced parts; verify compliance to scope of work and IPT budget.  
• Coordinate with procurement, internal and external team members to ensure that hardware/tooling priorities are well understood and are actively led to support need dates.
• Manage external vendors and lead technical discussions.
• Respond to unexpected changes to ensure design/manufacturing/build activities stay on schedule, on budget, and are completed with high-quality. 
• Identify and mitigate risks, including removal of blockers or investigation and customer concern of issues. 
• Develop recovery strategies when non-conformances or other escapes are identified. 
• Identify schedule-critical hardware, equipment, people, and facilities; resolve constraints.
• Develop and report key project metrics.
• Manage and maintain a hardware usage log; active tracking of location, usage history, maintenance/rework history, and life of integration hardware.
• Lead build pedigree review's post builds, ensuring hardware matches design and configuration intent and all open work is properly identified. 
• Travel as vital to facilitate effective and efficient working pace.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Passion for Blue Origin’s mission: Millions of people living and working in space! 
• B.S. Degree in Engineering. 
• 5+ years of experience in the aerospace industry (space or aviation), including mechanical, fluids or structural component fabrication, precision assembly, and/or testing using a variety of methods, techniques, and materials. 
• Experience in serving as a Project Engineer or Project Manager. 
• Working knowledge of configuration management principles and practices. 
• Possess high attention to detail and strong organizational/coordination skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Strong skills for troubleshooting and quick thinking to keep the project moving forward. 
• Demonstrated ability to build trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• M.S. Degree in Engineering Experien