Production Lead Engineer

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!

Blue Origin is developing the next generation launch and space vehicle manufacturing facility on Florida’s Space Coast at our Orbital Launch Site Manufacturing Complex. 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.

We are in search of Production Line Tooling Leads who will work with a team of engineers and manufacturing specialists to coordinate the entire life cycle of tooling used to manufacture and test our New Glenn launch vehicle. This person will specialize and focus on a particular production line scope such as tank fabrication, composite structures, vehicle component assembly, etc. This role requires engagement across Production, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Tooling teams, involvement in planning future manufacturing capabilities, gathering and communicating tooling design requirements, and active coordination and engagement on all tooling related issues on the production line. The Production Line Tooling Lead will also be in tune with current production activities to ensure tooling use and capabilities are in alignment with expectations.

The Tooling Engineering group interfaces directly with Program planning, vehicle design and production, launch systems, and other test and operational groups within Blue Origin. 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:

• Coordinate directly with manufacturing, operations, and product development personnel to understand past, present, and future operational requirements for a specific production tooling line architecture.
• Serve as Production Line Tooling point of contact.
• Represent GSE/Tooling considerations in manufacturing, operational, and program technical reviews.
• Maintain and report on activity schedule, budget and status of all tooling in a specific production line.
• Understand complete lifecycle of production tooling
• Understand Milestones driving tooling and establish tooling need date to support production activities
• Identifying demand signals from the New Glenn Program, Build & Flow plans, hardware design groups, and Manufacturing teams, for new tooling needs
• Support securing program funding for new tools and defining basis of estimate
• Identify internal customer base (Program, Production, and Manufacturing) and ensure stakeholders are aligned on tooling needs
• Issue Tool Design Requests once tool definition has been established
• Support gated design process for new tools
• Understand current tooling design work and status
• Represent Tooling Engineering group in work center production readiness reviews
• Understand current production status relative to tooling, work in progress on the floor, and operability issues

Qualifications:

• Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
• Minimum of a bachelors college degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, structural, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses OR- equivalent experience
• 8+ years’ experience working in complex production environments
• Understanding of tooling for production, manufacturing, and testing with preferred field of launch vehicles and launch vehicle support systems.
• Self-directed and able to balance several tasks at one time
• Ability to communicate and document information effectively
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• A continuous improvement mindset. Our job is never complete; we are always optimizing.
• 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 managing tooling improvement projects, including requirements, schedule, and cost
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
• Strong understanding of safety-critical systems development
• Experience in making routine presentations to large groups
• Hands on fabrication, assembly, or maintenance experience

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.

Export Control Regulations

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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