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We are looking for Production Engineers to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. We are a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts acting as the key technical interface between the production value stream (procurement, R&D, testing, quality, and operations) and the design engineering teams across Blue Origin Development Programs. Our mission is to build trust, provide hands-on MRB/Non-conformances floor support, guide design for manufacturability, and develop production engineering process/methodologies across program and production elements. Responsibilities in this role include leading efforts to identify, develop, and deploy designs and methodologies that improve operational excellence through quality, cost, design, and process enhancements.

We use our knowledge of the production and manufacturing systems to provide valuable design feedback and incorporate producibility into design in support of our manufacturing capabilities. Additionally, we work with multi-functional teams to diagnose problems, disposition discrepancies, and identify and drive corrective actions to closure.

Being a standout colleague is a must; you will collaborate across multiple team interfaces to understand and overcome logistics, supply chain, and resource challenges to deliver mission-ready products.

We are seeking engineers with technical backgrounds and abilities including Structural, Fluid Systems, Mechanical, OR Avionics. If you have one more of these backgrounds, please apply!

General Responsibilities:

• Support the manufacturing floor in assembly and installation, compliance to engineering requirements, discrepancy resolution, and component acceptance testing.
• Perform a hands-on engineering and liaison role between our design, test, and operations teams and our manufacturing customers.
• Investigate root causes, disposition vehicle discrepancies, and take ownership of preventative and corrective actions.
• Support the product through design and operational gated reviews by evaluating and aiding in the development of required artifacts.
• Drive design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) into the designs
• Authorize in-build redlines and recommend changes to improve the design.
• Contribute to turn-around activities for fielded vehicles as needed for subsequent launches.

Structural Responsibilities:

Responsible for a wide variety of aerospace structure, including welded and machined aluminum, and large composite components.

Fluids Systems Responsibilities:

Responsible for pneumatics and cryogenic propellant subsystems; valves, bellows, flow liners, manifolds, pumps, and vehicle related ground support equipment (GSE).

Mechanical/Actuated Responsibilities:

Accountable for pneumatics hydraulics/mechanical subsystems, doors/vents, landing gear, aero-surface, engine gimble and vehicle related ground support equipment (GSE).

Avionics/Electrical Responsibilities:

Accountable for avionics hardware, software, or firmware; harnesses; battery/power generation and distribution.

General Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional engineering experience
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical/electrical/aerospace engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)
• Experience in moving product from design development into manufacturing and production
• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as a team, throughout the development and production phases of the product lifecycle.
• Strong coordination and project management skills to track, manage, and prioritize multiple ongoing tasks.
• Strong digital literacy with the ability to rapidly learn and use a variety of software tools, as needed.
• Successful track record of working in cross-disciplined teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills that foster positive professional relationships.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Structural Qualifications:

Experience in a structural liaison role, preferably including analysis of metallic and/or composite structures.

Working knowledge of aerospace hardware, including fasteners, adhesives, coatings etc.

Fluids Systems Qualifications:

Experience operating, diagnosing, and repairing hydraulics or fluids systems and hardware.

Solid understanding of hydraulics or fluid systems and components such as valves, filters, regulators, pressure transducers, fittings, pumps, actuators, and sensors.

Familiarity with principles and hazards of safe operation of high-pressure systems.

Mechanical/Actuated Systems Qualifications:

Experience operating, diagnosing, and repairing mechanical/actuated systems.

Solid understanding of mechanisms, dynamics, and subsequent support systems (fluid and electrical systems.)

Familiarity with principles and hazards of safe operation of high-pressure systems.

Avionics Qualifications:

Experience operating, diagnosing, and repairing electrical and avionics systems.

Solid understanding of cable/ harnessing design and routing, circuit board fabrication, assembly and repair, or avionics box builds.

Familiarity with aerospace electronics design standards.

Familiarity with principles and hazards of safe operation of high-voltage systems.

Desired:

• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems/Software and processes
• Understanding of development product lifecycle management and associated gated reviews
• Knowledge of fabrication processes, integration processes, systems engineering practices, test, quality, and configuration management systems
• Proven experience developing/starting new manufacturing processes
• Proven understanding and applied experiences in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
• Proficiency in business and engineering software (i.e. MSOffice, Windchill, PLM, etc)
• Previous experience with engineering change orders and non-conformance processing
• Familiar with applicable industry standards
• Aircraft, spacecraft, or launch vehicle experience

Mandatory Skills
Experience with MRB and Non-Conformances Ability to understand designs and design intent

Desired Skills
Root cause / corrective action