Quality Specialist III (Tube Shop, Sub-Assembly, Fluids)

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 is part of the Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance team. This team is focused on monitoring and assessing processes that guide Blue Origin’s design, manufacturing, and operations, ensuring system safety engineering, environmental health, and safety, product integrity, and continuous improvement processes.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of specialists, you will develop and execute commercial quality processes for the design, test and manufacture of launch vehicles, spacecraft, and related technologies. Our team is responsible for driving quality products throughout the organization by maintaining a corporate culture that emphasizes accountability, drive, and attention to detail at all levels. This position requires a passion for solving sophisticated problems and providing operable solutions; act with minimal direction and take ownership; and be adaptable as we work on a variety of applications and systems.

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:

• Perform visual and dimensional inspections of internal flight hardware.  As needed, support the review and inspection of supplier related hardware
• Document First Article Inspection Reports for internally produced hardware
• Support and manage the nonconforming material segregation cages (Material Review Areas)
• Provide training and/or assistance to other team members in the use of quality procedures and/or tools
• Conduct process health assessments and internal audits for compliance with industry standards and provide ongoing objective evaluations of processes and documentation
• Conduct follow-up and compliance audits to ensure process improvement and corrective / preventive action implementation and effectiveness
• Provide Quality support to back shops, which include but not limited to Tube Shop, Sub-Assemblies, Fluids, and Additive Manufacturing

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ industry experience in an aviation/aerospace manufacturing environment with at least 2 years in a quality assurance role
• 2+ years of quality inspection experience
• Aerospace, space launch, military or commercial aviation preferred
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9000 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs
• Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of programs; advanced level Microsoft Excel skills preferred.
• 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.

Desired:

• Relevant experience in a start-up environment, transitioning a product from development, through production to operations
• Relevant experience in AS9145, Advanced Product Quality Planning and Production Part Approval Process
• Quality Management System internal audit experience
• Material Review Board experience
• Experience with data analytics and/or metrics
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification

Compensation range for on-site WA applicants is $103,230-$144,522

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? 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 desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include:  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.