Manager - Lunar Valves Team

Blue Origin•Los Angeles, WA

3d•$146,352 - $204,892

About The Position

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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As the leader of a dedicated team of Valve engineers, you will contribute to the definition, development, and delivery of spacecraft valve components. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced and often uncertain environment, contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating personal leadership, technical competence, and attention to detail. You should also feel comfortable leading programs with multiple stakeholders and customers, including Blue Origin’s vehicle teams (MK2, Transporter, and more) and be comfortable leading a team comprised of multiple backgrounds and disciplines that are in multiple geographic locations. In this role you will play a pivotal part in the programmatic aspects of project delivery as the single threaded leader for delivering all aspects of your assigned scope. You will manage project execution, ensuring scrappy and cost-effective execution while maintaining a tight grip on all project deliverables needed to meet program objectives. Identifying and mitigating risks are critical tasks, and you'll need to effectively communicate these to leadership and your team. To be successful in this role, it is critical that you have a deep knowledge of aerospace component design (especially valves) that are used in deep space vehicle systems. You will be responsible for the people management aspect of your team, covering the full employee lifecycle from hiring and development to stringent & thoughtful performance management. Hiring the right talent, fostering their growth, and ensuring they are well-coached is essential for maintaining a high-functioning team. You'll be actively engaged in creating a positive and productive team culture that adheres to all required HR processes and policies.

Requirements

Proven track record of leading and managing teams to deliver complex engineering products.
Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or technical field, or in lieu of a technical degree, must show significant demonstrated experience leading teams designing/ developing complex engineered products.
5+ years of experience in a relevant engineering field, with significant experience in aerospace propulsion systems.
2+ years of project management experience.
Basic knowledge across relevant engineering disciplines, including requirements negotiation, design, analysis, manufacturing, testing and vehicle integration.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
Hands-on experience with the development lifecycle of valve components
Experience with working on Cryogenic and/or Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) components used on deep space vehicles

Nice To Haves

Experience with resource/budget management and reporting.
Experience with Agile, IMP-level scheduling, risk management, configuration management, requirements management processes.
Experience going through an entire design lifecycle for components (especially valves)
Demonstrated ability to lead change and drive continuous improvement.
Familiarity with industry-leading tools such as ANSYS, Jules, Windchill, and Creo Parametric.
Experience in planning and executing test programs for propulsion systems.
Proven ability to develop and maintain propulsion component roadmaps.

Responsibilities

Product Delivery: Manage your project scope by ensuring scrappy and cost-effective execution while maintaining a tight grip on the project deliverables needed to meet program objectives.
Identify and manage technical and programmatic risks/opportunities. This includes technical, scope (i.e., cost and schedule), asset and safety risks and opportunities specific to program and project execution.
Risk management includes identifying, documenting, communicating, developing mitigation plans and collaborating with your peers & program leaders to drive outcomes to program acceptable levels.
Coordinate and partner with Enterprise functions such as Operations and Supply Chain to drive product cost and meet delivery objectives.
Track and manage your team execution, and both unit product cost/life cycle cost.
Create the framework used to develop and drive collection of project data and use this data to inform & monitor key project metrics
Functional Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of your employees including talent acquisition, employee development, and when needed, performance management.
Foster an environment of continuous growth and learning, ensuring compliance with HR processes and policies.
Technical Leadership: Engage with the team on technical decisions regarding valve design, development, build, and test
Develop and oversee the technical plan, ensuring it aligns to both negotiated customer requirements and internal design criteria.
Own the overall lifecycle of your assigned product scope from development through qualification/ rate production and successful cost-optimized commercial flight operations.
Manage interdisciplinary engineering tasks for overall system success.
Ensure the quality of engineering outputs, providing technical direction and guidance to the team.
Support requirement decomposition and allocation, systems engineering, technical design, analysis, and verification/validation – including strong management and bi-directional alignment of interfaces between customers and project technical efforts.

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.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.
Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

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