Test Program Manager

Blue Origin - Merritt Island, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Merritt Island, FL

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The position at Blue Origin involves managing and defining test campaigns for the New Glenn rocket, ensuring integrated testing is effectively scoped and executed. The role requires collaboration with various engineering teams to meet test objectives and manage project scope, including schedules, budgets, and risk assessments. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in advancing safe human spaceflight and contribute to the company's vision of enabling millions of people to live and work in space.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive plans to execute New Glenn Stage integrated test campaigns.
• Coordinate with test article owners, design engineers, test engineers, production test engineering, and procurement to ensure all aspects of the tests are executing to plan.
• Manage key program metrics in areas such as budget, engineering schedules, equipment schedules, procurement schedules, test schedules, program management status reports, and resource plans.
• Identify risk, document, communicate, develop mitigation plans and drive to an acceptable level.
• Communicate status, critical paths, challenges, and recommended solutions.
• Set a clear baseline of scope for each test campaign and track budgets.
• Develop change assessments and find alternatives to mitigate budget increases.
• Deliver actionable insights on financial performance and opportunities to reduce costs without impacting performance.
• Develop and manage detailed schedules for all test activities and coordinate progress with higher level IMS.
• Perform schedule baseline change control, collect and track performance, conduct critical path and variance analyses.
• Provide regular updates to all stakeholders on progress and risks to meet overall schedule.
• Collaborate with purchasing and supplier management to ensure on-time delivery of test article hardware, instrumentation, and GSE.
• Ensure resource and facility conflicts are resolved.

Requirements

• B.S. in Business, Engineering, or Operations Management
• 5+ years' experience leading projects
• 5-8 years of business analysis, industrial engineering, methods analysis, or consulting experience
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skill set and a high degree of proficiency in data mining
• Exceptional with Excel and manual data analysis
• Excellent Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Experience working with Business Intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau)
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA or Advanced degree
• Previous direct experience with test campaign planning and execution
• Project Management Certification (PMP)
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Experience with Primavera (P6), CREO, Windchill, Confluence, Jira, Tableau, SQL, MySQL

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 share in company results.