Senior Manager - New Glenn Avionics Liaison Team

Blue Origin • Space Coast, FL

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About The Position

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. You will lead the team responsible for providing shipside support for assembly, integration, testing, and verification of the New Glenn avionics subsystem. This role is critical to ensuring the assembled vehicle and integrated avionics suite perform as designed and meet all engineering requirements and performance expectations. The team serves as the primary technical resource supporting Manufacturing Engineering, assembly technicians, and Production Test teams through expert troubleshooting, nonconformance triage, compliance assessment, and design feedback. Success is measured by delivering a flight-ready vehicle on-schedule with a fully validated avionics suite.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of avionics or equivalent integrated electronics systems experience
• 3+ years of technical leadership or team management supporting vehicle operations/integration activities
• Demonstrated expertise in avionics / integrated electronics systems architecture, performance, and troubleshooting
• Strong background in systems engineering, requirements, and verification
• Experience with aerospace quality standards (AS9100, DO-254, DO-178) and compliance processes or equivalents
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration 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 spacecraft or launch vehicle avionics integration and assembly
• Direct hands-on experience supporting manufacturing engineering and assembly technicians
• Background in integrated vehicle testing and performance validation
• Familiarity with avionics hardware platforms and real-time embedded systems
• Experience with nonconformance and risk management processes
• Knowledge of aviation/aerospace regulatory environment

Responsibilities

• Guide activities of avionics shipside liaison engineers
• Foster culture of technical excellence and deep subject matter expertise
• Develop team capabilities through mentoring and training
• Manage performance, hiring, and resource allocation
• Enable assembly, manufacturing, and integrated test teams through technical expertise, rapid troubleshooting, nonconformance triage, and design feedback
• Confirm assembled vehicle and avionics suite meet engineering requirements and perform as designed
• Serve as escalation point for complex technical problems and primary technical resource for integration teams

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
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• up to 14 company-paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior