Senior Manager - New Glenn SEIT

BLUE ORIGIN•Los Angeles, CA

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. 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. We are a dynamic team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. As part of the New Glenn SEIT System Engineering Center (SEC), you will manage a small team that provides guidance and process control to the New Glenn program. Scope of the SEIT-SEC is to develop processes and products for the design of the New Glenn orbital launch vehicles system and facilities. You must have a passion for mission assurance, a commitment to the fundamentals of system safety, system engineering, tools development for system engineering needs; and a strong capacity to work collaboratively on complex and interesting new problems across the entire New Glenn Program.

Requirements

Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering or related field
10+ years engineering experience in the aerospace or engineering industry
3+ management experience in a large development program at the system/program level
Experience with large development programs culture and risk posture
Enjoys a highly dynamic and fast paced environment
Experienced with process development for system engineering, system safety, and related tools processes such as IBM JAZZ, ISOGraph, and Windchill tools.
Experienced with rapidly streamlining implementation processes for a development environment
Experience in at least one of the areas of analysis, design, or integrated testing
Experience with mentoring and coaching engineers on system engineering practices and system safety practices
Experienced in working cross discipline teams and including analysis, design, configuration, and certification teams.
Experienced with working with external regulatory government entities like the FAA and Space Force Range
Experience with development and reporting of metrics.
Participate in actively maintaining a healthy system engineering and working culture
Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs
Have fundamental skills of management of system engineering and engineering data.
Possess skills in strategic system thinking, excellent written and oral communication skills, proactive in moving program forward through team collaborations to achieve timely decisions, ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a collaborative culture.

Nice To Haves

Experience with a variety of complex aerospace or launch vehicle systems
Process ownership and maintenance experience
Demonstrated capability interacting and negotiating with government regulatory agencies
Experience interpreting and decomposing federal regulatory requirements
Highly experienced with the development, implementation, and maintenance of systems engineering processes, methodologies, and tools
Strong understanding of system architecture and its implications to system design, system engineering, and system safety
Experience with continuous improvement initiatives for systems engineering processes
Knowledge of verification and validation methodologies
Experience with configuration management in aerospace or other complex engineering environments
Knowledge of requirements management and traceability tools and methodologies
Experience with database management and data governance
Certification in configuration management (e.g., CMII)
Experience with DevOps practices and tools
Background in implementing and maintaining enterprise software solutions
Experience with IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management tools, particularly JAZZ platform applications
Experience with EIA-649C and implementing the principles of configuration management

Responsibilities

Day-to-day management of team activities
Develop and implement team strategy
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment and integration
Identify and mitigate risks to team strategy and program integration
Guide the creation of process documentation, workflows, and tailoring of standards
Mentor and develop team members