Principal Structural Engineer - Customer & Payload Accommodations - New Glenn

Blue Origin • Space Coast, FL

69d • $164,682 - $230,554

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 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. As a Principal Structural Engineer for New Glenn's second stage and payload fairing (GS2PA), you will work with the Sr. Director of New Glenn's second stage Customer & Payload Accommodations team, and directly support the execution of multiple programs. This is the largest and most capable upper stage ever developed and the largest commercial fairing available. Coupled with the reusable first stage, this provides New Glenn customers with outstanding payload launch capabilities. This position will support all aspects of program management, engineering, and execution to include cost, schedule, technical build, and risk management, as well as working with Blue Origin internal organizations, external customers, and suppliers to deliver qualified systems. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a technical subject matter expert or subsystem lead.
• B.S. in an aerospace, mechanical, or systems engineering-related field, with 10+ years of complex product development experience.
• Prior management experience, with 5+ years managing a technical team.
• Program and technical leadership experience in an aerospace development environment, with experience in full lifecycle development of aerospace systems, designing, deploying, and supporting one or more complete flight systems.
• Prior experience managing a large and geographically dispersed development project.
• Highly organized leader with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills, a demonstrated track record of resourcefulness, passion for the mission, vested ownership of scope, strong business and technical judgement, and bias for action from their previous assignments.
• Successful experience in hiring and developing great people with skill sets, and a demonstrated ability to motivate and organize effective teams and resolve conflicts.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly multifaceted work environment.
• Ability to travel in support of the program, customer, and supplier activities.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or systems engineering and experience with launch vehicle development, production, and operations.
• MBA, Program Management Professional (PMP) certification and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience. Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• Strong business management competence and experience managing large, geographically dispersed programs with large subcontractors.
• Experience with verification, integration, and test, of orbital launch vehicles or human rated spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership by offering engineering insight, supporting technical reviews, and advising leadership as well as the team on recommended paths forward.
• Drive execution of complex development programs on budget and schedule while ensuring sustained production operations, efficiency, and urgency.
• Plan and coordinate the resources necessary to successfully design, build, complete testing, and certify new hardware for New Glenn second stage Customer and Payload Accommodations team.
• Work with chief engineers and design teams to identify and resolve technical issues across multiple engineering teams, and the entire product lifecycle.
• Manage product development planning, testing, qualification, and certification with focus on commercial and government customer satisfaction.
• Develop project summary presentations for reviews, internal team meetings, and support to Blue Origin communications team.
• Participate on interview panels, facilitate training, and mentor junior engineers.
• Develop and standardize program metrics across multiple projects, hold reviews, report on monthly cost and schedule variances, corrective actions, establish program targets, and support finance and schedule updates.
• Establish and maintain regular business rhythm, consistent products, action tracking, and consolidate information for effective decision making.
• Support proposal development and submissions to customers.
• Act as a liaison between various internal/external businesses partners and process owners as needed.
• Effectively coordinate with supplier management and supply chain teams for planning, procurement, addressing critical actions, negotiations, and driving recurring cost reduction initiatives.
• Inspire change management initiatives to improve processes, evaluate existing processes, coordinate and approve new requirements, or make changes to company policies and program directives.
• Identify risks and document, track, review, and implement mitigation plans.

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%, 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees