SLD Fluids Liquid Systems Manager - Lunar Transportation

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!  

Lunar Transportation: This role is part of the Lunar Transportation business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.   

As a Liquid Systems Manager on Lunar Transportation, you will report to the Fluids and Propulsion Team Manager and directly support program execution. The products developed provide Lunar Transportation lander vehicles with Fluids and Propulsion products to enable unprecedented crew and mass to surface capabilities.  This position will support all aspects of product and team management to include accountability and oversight of schedule, risk management, and personnel management of a team responsible for hardware design, development, specification, and vendor technical management. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.

You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for leading a technical team to deliver a high-performance liquid propulsion system by developing liquid propellant management subsystems (transfer, storage, gauging, conditioning, delivery) along with integrating engines
• Accountable for definition, specification, and development of hardware (in house make and external buy) to meet mission objectives and satisfy requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and risk
• Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team
• Manage your direct reports’ professional development (e.g., coaching, routine one-on-one development conversations, performance reviews, and promotion management)
• Develop robust plans meeting deliverables and manage to the key operating metrics - including technical, cost, schedule, and risk
• Develop product roadmaps, including development and incorporation of technologies to meet future mission requirements
• Work with internal and external customers to understand and shape stakeholder current and future mission needs
• Perform technical work and provide technical leadership of the highest caliber
• Monitor technical progress, requirements, budget, schedule, deliverables and risks as well as review recommendations for change with program management
• Communicate progress to leadership team via; program management reviews weekly/monthly, finance reviews, long term forecasting business plan, and project deep dives
• Utilize good engineering and business judgement to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups with responsibility for leading and coaching employees
• 10+ years directly related experience
• In depth understanding of fluids and mechanical engineering principles
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering or similar
• 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

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cryogenic fluid systems, two phase fluid management
• Experience managing subcontracts
• Solid systems engineering fundamentals (experience with requirements, interface management, integration, conducting design reviews)
• Experience with space vehicle design
• Experience with CAD (Creo), Windchill PLM and GD&T
• Demonstrated capability to manage component and subsystem level test campaigns
• Familiarity with agile project management
• Familiarity with 1D fluid modeling
• Experience with critical path sche