Blue Origin
Manager - Manufacturing Engineering
Huntsville, AL
Work authorization requiredDetected 22 days ago
Product ManagementProject ManagementSupply ChainMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringLeadershipCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
- Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
Responsibilities
- Provide mentoring, guidance, and support
- Work closely with each direct report to develop goals, career paths, and ensure professional development
- Coordinate and work closely with program managers, operations leaders, and Integrated Product Team Leads to meet design, build, and test objectives for all engine programs
- Support the team in applying robust, consistent, and reliable engineering fundamentals and processes in support of fabrication processes
- Promote DFMA and PFMEA studies to strengthen the feedback loop between design, build, and test
- We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion.
- This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.
- You will ultimately help your team to identify, develop, and deploy methods to both improve fabrication quality and optimize throughput.
- Lastly, you will be responsible for executing on our strategic insourcing of new ancillary manufacturing processes to further lower the cost of our products and drastically reduce lead time of our deliveries.
Requirements
- Experience managing people, projects, or programs
- 7+ years of direct manufacturing and manufacturing engineering experience
- Proficiency in engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing
- Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at all levels of the organization
- 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.
- Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check
- Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
- Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical
- Technical leadership will be required as a non-advocate reviewer ensuring product excellence through the continuous improvement of our fabrication processes.
- Strong coordination, personnel, and project management skills
- Experience in hardware manufacturing (i.e. castings, forgings, additively manufactured components, welding, machining, cleaning, non-destructive testing methods, tight tolerance assembly, leak testing, final acceptance testing of integrated hardware, and Manufacturing Execution Systems/Software)
- Proven experience and successful track record of developing new manufacturing processes and continuously improving existing processes
- Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
- Understanding of product lifecycle management
Nice to have
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering (other relevant fields may apply) from an accredited university (Master of Science preferred)
- Please check with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Benefits
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- 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.
- Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.
- At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.
- 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!
- Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Company info
- This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance.
- We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety.
- We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.
Equal opportunity
- Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force.
- Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
- We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.
- We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Export Control Regulations
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