Project Engineer III - New Glenn

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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.

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. 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.

This role supports the development and execution of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electro-mechanical components for 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. Components will consist of valves, regulators, pneumatic actuators, quick disconnects, and electro-mechanical actuators the program needs to support our vehicles and missions.

This role will serve as the bridge between the New Glenn Components development and manufacturing teams, enabling the rate production of high-quality and low-cost components.

Your scope will include initial development builds/testing, launching the production of new components with the manufacturing engineering/operations teams, and continuously supporting improvements to the production of existing components.

To be successful in this position you will have proven skills in manufacturing, testing, quality assurance, equipment and tooling qualification, engineering organisational change, and project management.

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:

• Lead manufacturability efforts for new product development IPT teams
• Coordinate with procurement, internal and external manufacturing, to ensure that hardware priorities are well understood and are actively managed to support the need dates for development and initial production builds
• Integrate with supply chain and operations for introduction of new product lines while meeting cost and schedule goals
• Interface with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure that hardware and equipment is manufactured, processed, packaged, and delivered properly, on time, and on budget
• Identify schedule-critical hardware, equipment, people, processes, tooling, and facilities; resolve constraints
• Develop recovery strategies when non-conformances or other escapes are identified
• Lead Design for X (manufacturing, assembly, cost, test, etc.) reviews of new and existing components
• Conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and/or Process FMEA (PFMEA) studies to strengthen the feedback loop between design, build, and test
• Perform root cause analyses when non-conformances and escapes are identified and deploy corrective actions
• Optimize component acceptance activities, targeting specific failure modes without introducing unnecessary cost and risk
• Develop process control measures (e.g. gage R&R studies) and evaluation through statistical analysis (e.g. Design of Experiments)
• Find opportunities to insource manufacturing in order to have greater control over rate, quality, and cost
• Identify manufacturing risks and develop mitigation plans
• Build metrics and data reports to provide program insights to manufacturability
• Conduct tolerance stack analysis and evaluate drawing tolerances for long-term manufacturability

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S./B.A. degree in engineering or another technical field
• 5+ years of experience in leading development, integration, manufacturing, and testing - preferably with aerospace hardware or complex technical systems.
• Possess high attention to detail and strong organizational/coordination skills
• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results
• Demonstrated ability to influence others to achieve specific business objectives or goals outside of your organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Experience across the design lifecycle of engineering products in aerospace or an adjacent field
• 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:

• Working knowledge of configuration management principles and practices
• Experience in the development of launch vehicles
• Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems
• Experience with MS Project, Primavera (P6), DOORS, CREO, Windchill
• Experience with change management activities
• Experience with technical risk management
• Working familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and Tableau
• Experience across multiple portions of the product life cycle
• Experience with Windchill and CREO

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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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