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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to Earth's orbit and beyond. Engineered with a reusable first stage and a seven-meter payload fairing, New Glenn is building the road to space.

As part of an outstanding and highly skilled team developing New Glenn's next generation payload fairing, you'll be responsible for driving the fairing assembly, integrated and testing (AIT) strategy. The AIT lead will also be the primary point of contact (POC) for internal and external coordination with testing, manufacturing, and tooling groups. You will work with responsible engineers across the fairing program to assess and guide design for manufacturing, assembly, and integration, while also developing and implementing a comprehensive system/component level qualification strategy. In this role you will be responsible for working with responsible engineers during concept development, initial designs, procurement of major tooling, jigs, and fixtures, product build and flow generation, process plans, work cell configurations for fairing assembly and integration activities.

You are also responsible for maintaining the fairing specific product structure architecture and all Interface Control Documents (ICDs) while ensuring the system's form, fit and function. Additionally, this role requires understanding and supporting requirements analysis and traceability, functional analysis, systems analysis, safety analysis, technical performance monitoring, and developing strategies and approaches for specialty engineering (operability, reliability, maintainability, supportability), and system product life cycle processes. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe and reliable spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Work with the program director and be accountable for planning, execution, and delivery of an end-to end integrated and qualified end-product.
• Support and facilitate the efforts of the integrated product team comprised of subsystem engineering, Integrated Supply Chain (ISC), Program Planning & Control (PP&C), manufacturing/production engineering, production operations, tooling, quality, test, and other Blue Origin support functions.
• Manage technical and programmatic risks and opportunities related to AIT responsibilities.
• Communicate status, critical paths, challenges, and recommended solutions.
• Get along with subsystem hardware leads to ensure all component and subsystem hardware requirements, development, acceptance and qualification tests, and operational demands are defined and performed to meet system level objectives.
• Support requirement decomposition and allocation, systems engineering, technical design, analysis, and verification/validation
• Maintain the fairing system configuration and master CAD model, ensuring assembly and integration tolerances are maintained.
• Supporting other teams and team members with inputs for configuration development and trade studies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree (M.S. preferred) in engineering and 10+ years of experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicle structures, or automotive.
• Experience with the design, assembly, operations, and maintenance of a vehicle or similar system involving the integration of multiple structural, electrical and/or mechanical subsystems.
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication, integration processes, quality, and configuration management systems
• Strong expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly including experience taking products from development design to rate production.
• Confirmed understanding of common manufacturing materials, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analysis.
• Experience crafting tooling (machining fixtures, assembly jigs, test support equipment) to support production of aerospace systems.
• Validated understanding of common manufacturing processes such as machining, turning, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, inspection, bonding/adhesives, composite fab etc.
• Experience with development and/or qualification testing (test requirements, setup/configuration, test predictions, test conduct/monitoring, etc.).
• Demonstrated technical expertise in fluid/mechanical systems, avionics, manufacturing, systems engineering, integration, and/or test.
• Experience with ProE/Creo, CATIA, and Windchill CAD/PDM systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Highly experienced with ASME Y14 series specifications including ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Familiar with engineering organizations such as ASME, AISC, ASCE, AWS, OSHA, NFPA, NIST, ANSI, UL; and their applicable standards.
• Expert level understanding and hands-on experience with building hardware, metrology, and integration of precision large scale assemblies.
• Seasoned with pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Familiarity with composite failure modes and standard test methods (in-plane, interlaminar, shear, fracture, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience with metallic or composite structural testing methods.
• Hands on experience with composite fabrication, assembly, and tooling methods.
• Experience developing inspection for structural flight and test readiness using specific risk characterization approaches.
• Experience with analyzing / dispositioning non-conformances.

Compensation range for on site CO applicants is $134,838-$188,773

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $146,645-$205,302

Other site ranges may differ

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.

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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.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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