This role is part of the Lunar Permanence 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 Lunar Product Engineering Operations Lead, you will report to the Lunar Product Engineering Sr Director and drive operational excellence and efficiency in the functioning of Lunar Product Engineering. You will develop, processes, metrics, tools, and business rhythms needed to manage and report product delivery status from LPE to the programs. You will work across all Integrated Product Teams within LPE to collect needed data and report up to programs and business unit leadership. This position will support all aspects of vehicle product team management to include cost, schedule, technical design, risk management and organization management. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.

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!

Special Mentions

• Travel expected up to 10% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for leading and coordinating engineering operations activities for Lunar Product Engineering in support of the MK1 and MK2 landers and National Team partners for common hardware.
• Develop a set of simple but consistent processes for management and reporting of products status, escalations, issues, and resolutions.
• Assist the MK1 and MK2 teams in developing and maintaining technical, cost, and schedule baselines.
• Prepare for and support execution of program reviews including to Lunar Transportation Senior Management.
• Help develop and maintain the Lunar Product Engineering management operating system/business rhythm.
• Support the Lunar Product Engineering Sr Director and the IPTs to recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team including support in managing demand signals.
• Work with the data analytics team to support the development and maintenance of Lunar Product Database to derive metrics that enable strategic decision making.
• Support the development of Lunar Product Roadmaps, and upgrade and technology development plans.
• Work with internal and external customers to understand and shape stakeholder current and future mission needs.
• Provide technical leadership of the highest caliber as you coordinate for the Lunar Product Engineering Sr Director with each of the Integrated Product Teams
• Communicate progress to leadership team via; program management reviews weekly/monthly, finance reviews, long term forecasting business plan, and project deep dives.
• Maintain strong relationships with Lunar Product Engineering Product Delivery Teams and other Business Units in coordinating people and resources.
• Support Agile based planning and execution.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum BS Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related Engineering field.
• 8 years of industry technical experience involving system formulation, research, and development, and/or operations applied to spacecraft systems and environments.
• 5 years of demonstrated experience in relevant areas of engineering operations.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• 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

• MS in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related Engineering or Scientific field.
• Understanding of existing spacecraft crew systems hardware and operations
• Experience with space hardware procurement and supplier management
• Experience with program management tools
• Experience with flight hardware development and qualification
• Experience with design/build/test project methodology
• Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM
• Experience in making routine presentations to large groups and senior level employees.
• Demonstrated track record of resourcefulness and success from previous assignments and working with interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams.
• Able to network and work successfully with other departments and team members.