Turbo Product Team Lead
About The Position
The BE-4 Turbomachinery Product Team Lead manages a team of turbomachinery design engineers, project engineers, analysts, and integration engineers within Blue Origin’s Engines business unit. The lead sets technical direction and priorities aligned with program goals, develops team members to support current production and future BE-4 engine needs, and owns turbomachinery components and assemblies throughout the product lifecycle. Alongside people-management duties, the role serves as a primary point of contact within the Integrated Product Team (IPT) and contributes to and leads component design, manufacturing, test support, data reviews, and Test Readiness Reviews. The lead supports anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis, and develops engineering initiatives to improve component and assembly life, reliability, performance, and producibility. The work supports safe, repeatable spaceflight and the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of rocket engines and propulsion systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering; aerospace, mechanical, chemical engineering, or physics is desired.
- At least 8 years of experience in liquid rocket engine, turbine engine, spacecraft, launch vehicle, and/or aircraft systems development.
- Strong technical fundamentals in mechanical design, manufacturing, and materials processing, including welding, brazing, and additive manufacturing.
- Demonstrated experience with Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DfMA).
- Familiarity with data analysis and data processing.
- Track record of leading teams, earning trust, and maintaining positive, professional relationships in a way that strengthens an inclusive culture.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced engineering degree or MBA.
- Experience with turbomachinery design, testing, and manufacturing.
- Formal project-management training or certification.
- Experience across multiple portions of the propulsion product lifecycle.
- Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems and test facilities.
- Experience with MS Project, Primavera (P6), CREO, Windchill, Confluence, or Jira.
- Experience supporting or leading proposals, including technical or management volumes and Basis of Estimate development.
- Experience implementing, customizing, or improving configuration-management systems in a development engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide programmatic direction to Project Engineers by reviewing technical work, giving actionable feedback, setting goals, and coordinating work with other teams and managers.
- Own business-rhythm reviews and communication paths to the IPT Lead, supporting program management, and business teams, including program-management and finance reviews, forecasting, business plans, project deep dives, and design reviews.
- Manage the employee experience, including hiring, performance management, training, and career development tools.
- Improve technical processes and tools for Design for Manufacturability, component and subsystem functional testing, and engine development cycles.
- Review design and method recommendations, purchase equipment, and ensure engineering activities align with organizational objectives.
- Administer operations in accordance with company policies, priorities, and budgets set by senior management.
- Implement effective engineering methods and provide technical guidance to the team.
- Own turbomachinery components throughout the BE-4 Engine lifecycle, from concept and design through development, manufacturing, certification, production, and flight.
- Be accountable for component or subsystem design, planning, and development, including integrated engine and vehicle testing to verify requirements and validate operational capabilities.
- Ensure components, materials, and tools are used to capacity.
- Provide safe, repeatable, and high-quality test capabilities to explore the operational envelope and verify requirements for current and next-generation rocket engines.
- Support the team through anomaly and root-cause investigations.
- Serve as a primary IPT point of contact and contribute to or lead component design, manufacturing, test support, data reviews, and Test Readiness Reviews.
- Support anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis to drive corrective actions and hardware improvements.
- Formulate engineering initiatives to continuously improve the life, reliability, performance, and producibility of rocket engine turbomachinery components and assemblies.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- 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 regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
- Up to four weeks of paid time off 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 or company results; eligibility and amounts are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
