Senior Manager – Avionics Packaging Mechanical Engineering

Blue Origin•Denver, WA

14h•$169,008 - $257,329

About The Position

This senior management role is part of Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence business unit and the Core Avionics team. The position leads mechanical engineers and technical specialists responsible for designing, analyzing, testing, and critically reviewing avionics enclosures and assemblies that house printed circuit board assemblies and other electronic components. The manager provides technical leadership, expertise, training, and oversight, and is accountable for the quality of the team’s technical work, including the standards, processes, and tools used for complex avionics enclosure design and analysis. The role also oversees component cost, mass, and delivery schedules. The manager coordinates project assignments and staffing with team leads and project managers, balances program needs against staff resources and capabilities, and supports recruiting or obtaining contract labor when team capacity is insufficient. People-management duties include employee training, development, performance management, and career growth, as well as communicating team status to upper management and contributing to budget, expenditure, and headcount planning. The role includes significant technical input, design guidance and review, and roadmap planning to advance technology and reduce costs. As a member of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program team, this position contributes to lunar transportation systems intended to return humans to the Moon and extend human presence beyond Earth. Relocation is provided, travel is expected up to 15%, and interviews include a technical assessment. Applicants must meet the stated U.S. citizenship or immigration-status eligibility requirement.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
10+ years of demonstrated experience managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups, with responsibility for technical quality and employee career management.
4+ years of experience with static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis.
Experience designing ruggedized electronics enclosures or similar high-performance hardware.
History of developing innovative solutions with partially defined requirements and changing criteria.
History of managing schedules, budgets, and headcount.
Experience working with customers, component suppliers, fabricators, and distributors.
Ability to work independently and balance multiple projects at one time.
History of communicating status, design concepts, and technical results effectively.
History of demonstrating autonomous leadership.
Technical or management abilities recognized by the larger organization.
Familiarity with static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis.
Familiarity with 3D CAD modeling programs; Creo is preferred.
Familiarity with FEA tools; Ansys is preferred.
Familiarity with GD&T usage (ASME Y14.5).
Familiarity with environmental testing, including vibration, shock, and thermal cycle.
Experience performing failure analysis and establishing root cause and corrective action.
Flexibility and openness to varied assignments and learning new skills.
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

Experience with recent versions of Creo, Windchill, ANSYS, ICEPAK, and Sherlock.
Experience with fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics.
Experience with aerospace industry standard analysis methods, including Bruhn, Marks’, Shigley, Steinberg, and Engelmeier.
Experience with environmental testing similar to SMC-S-016, DO-160, and/or MIL-STD-810, including random vibration, shock, thermal cycle, TVAC, and EMI/RFI.
Experience with circuit card design per IPC-A-610 and/or J standards.
Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5).

Responsibilities

Provide the people, processes, and tools needed to meet project and program demand signals.
Negotiate Statements of Work with product managers.
Supply staff to projects, reconcile project requirements with staff capabilities, and negotiate time commitments.
Work with the Group Lead to recruit and hire staff or secure contract labor when demand exceeds team capability or capacity.
Manage direct reports’ professional development, including goals, skills, performance reviews, compensation and promotion management, and one-on-one development conversations; coach employees to maximize performance.
Ensure staff are properly trained, including in Blue Origin’s safety culture, and obtain relevant performance feedback for each evaluation period.
Facilitate development opportunities that align with product needs, strengthen the team’s community of practice, and support employee satisfaction.
Equip the team with relevant engineering tools and training in their proper use.
Set and prioritize team goals in alignment with group and business-unit goals.
Promote the use of technical resources such as standards, journals, and references.
Develop, maintain, and implement plans for acquiring software, models, and analysis tools, and establish processes for capturing staff best practices.
Coordinate and integrate with similar functional teams and expertise across the company.
Build relationships with external stakeholders for benchmarking, recruiting pipelines, and collaboration.
Perform technical work as needed and provide technical leadership, including guidance, review, oversight, and future roadmap planning.
Exemplify high standards of conduct and facilitate solutions to issues encountered by team members.
Grow technical acumen and depth in relevant fields of expertise.
Embody, promote, and coach Blue Origin leadership principles and business-unit culture.
Own the technical quality of the team’s work and oversee component cost, mass, and delivery schedule.
Provide status updates to upper management and contribute input on the team’s annual budget, expenditures, and headcount.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability.
401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
Education Support Program.
Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
Paid time off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.
Relocation provided.