Senior Manager Engines, Propulsion & Fluid Systems - New Glenn

$167,088 - $233,923/Yr

Blue Origin - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Manager of Engines, Propulsion & Fluid Systems at Blue Origin plays a critical role in the development and operations of the Glenn heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. This position involves leading an integrated product team focused on the umbilical system, ensuring safe and repeatable spaceflight while managing technical direction, schedules, budgets, and personnel performance. The role requires a commitment to quality and safety, with a direct impact on the future of space exploration.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and personnel leadership to subsystem development organization within Glenn Business Unit.
• Lead Integrated Product Team on new product development and introduction of Glenn insourced components for Stage I and Stage II Umbilical System.
• Responsible for employee life cycle including performance management, absence and timekeeping approval, task/project management, training, and career development.
• Build and maintain umbilical component design life cycle scope, basis of estimate and schedules, support annual operating plan budgets and staffing requirements to include expense and procurement approvals.
• Establish, manage, and report on component and development metrics including scope, development progress, schedule, cost, risk.
• Champion technical processes, best practices, and tool development around the focused area of the umbilical component development design life cycle.
• Lead team to develop and document component design for downstream integration with manufacturing processes, quality processes, and operations elements to include configuration management, verification planning, and test requirements generation.
• Active support in production, assembly, integration, functional checkout, and operations.
• Coach, mentor and technically assist other engineers and team members.
• Champion continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost and performance of product and project.
• Respond to all facets of customer's vehicle operability questions on launch vehicle umbilical components during all life-cycle phases of design, development, test, and launch.
• Travel as vital to facilitate efficient work and teamwork.

Requirements

• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in project management, engineering, or new product introduction.
• Minimum B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong experience in applying Systems Engineering and Project Management practices in delivering high quality product and project.
• Experience managing direct reports in an integrated product development environment.
• Demonstrated ability of driving development design lifecycle of aerospace/aeronautical vehicle fluid systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-functional teams during design, procurement and build cycles of aerospace/aeronautical vehicles.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Experience with the design, fabrication, assembly, and test of aerospace / aeronautical systems.
• Experience developing and implementing test plans for analysis and qualification of components.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• 12+ years directly related experience.
• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing new aerospace processes and refining existing ones.
• Demonstrated experience on a flight production program.
• Familiarity with PLM / CAD, analysis tools.
• Familiarity with cost estimation tools and practices.
• Familiarity with P6 and project scheduling fundamental.
• PMP certified.

Benefits

• 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%
• Education Support Program
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Discretionary bonus designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.