As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and specialists, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the New Glenn rocket assembly processes. New Glenn is a single-configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. Featuring a reusable first stage built for 25 missions, New Glenn will build a road to space. You will directly support New Glenn and Blue Origin’s success by leading the development of manufacturing bills of material, work instructions, design for manufacturability, non-conformance processing, and process specifications. This includes creating, interpreting, and modifying work instructions and routings to convey procedures to technicians and trigger material planning.

Throughout the manufacturing process, you will identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequences and schedules. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, lead with a commitment to quality, and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Responsibilities:

• Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the following manufacturing processes: fabrication, assembly, test, integration, and refurbishment.
• Closely manage quality, build sequence, and schedule of hardware throughout the entire manufacturing process.
• Perform engineering drawing review and provide final approval for manufacturing.
• Define and support repair and rework activities.
• Perform root cause analyses when non-conformances and escapes are identified and deploy corrective actions.
• Design proper material handling and packaging to protect hardware throughout the build and test process.
• Manage hardware configuration and maintain pedigree throughout the entire build and test process.
• Prioritize hardware procurement and fabrication and communicate these priorities to the team.
• Extreme customer focus combined with strong verbal and written communication.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to support at least one of the following shifts: Monday-Friday 7:00 am-3:30 pm or Monday-Friday 3:30PM - 12:00AM 
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering (other relevant fields may apply) from an ABET-accredited university.
• 5 years of direct manufacturing and manufacturing engineering experience.
• Hardware manufacturing experience with structures, fluid systems, mechanical systems, or avionics systems, including but not limited to assembly, integration, instrumentation, cleaning, non-destructive testing, leak testing, machining, welding, surface coatings, harness/cable routings, or composite structures.
• Understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing including working knowledge of GD&T.
• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams of diverse skills across large geographic distances.
• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Ability to develop processes compliant with industry quality systems such as AS9100.
• 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.

Desired:

• Experience in a structural assembly manufacturing environment
• Experience with tank assemblies, skirts, fluids, and/or avionics
• Experience with aircraft, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or satellite development, production, or operations
• Proficient in writing work instructions at a high pace
• Self-directed and able to balance several tasks at once
• Proficiency in 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E & Catia preferred)