Senior Manager of Materials and Process Engineering

Company: Blue Origin
Location: Merritt Island
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

We are a diverse 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 a diverse and hardworking team of engineers, you will manage a team that develops, improves and sustains materials and processes for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of materials and processes. You will manage cost, schedule and technical performance of the materials and processes team. Materials and processes focus includes, but is not limited to; weld (friction stir, fusion, orbital tube weld), aerospace alloys, structural composites, coatings, sealants, and thermal protection systems. You will oversee technical aspects of materilas and processes, including requirements development, coordinating with product / manufacturing engineering to select materials and processes, overseeing development/ qualification/ production/ sustainment and auditing quality and personnel safety.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Qualifications:

• 15+ years' experience working in materials and processes engineering heavily involving a range of manufacturing methods and techniques, in both leadership and hands-on roles; experience on aerospace development and production programs a plus
• Build and manage the Materials and Processes Engineering team, including developing resource plans and profiles, authoring job descriptions, conducting interviews, making hiring recommendations, assigning tasks, conducting performance reviews, and reinforcing the importance of safety
• Assure continued training and skills development for team members, and mentor early career team members
• Extremely customer focused with strong communication skills
• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams of diverse skills across large geographic distances
• Project management experience; including requirements development, scope definition, planning/ scheduling, execution and close out
• Interact with groups and departments outside of manufacturing including launch and space system engineering, product development, and operations
• Ability to support Monday - Friday standard work week, First or Second Shift, and Weekends as required to support development and production schedules
• 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 (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired:

• Experience with human spaceflight systems development, manufacturing and sustainment
• Experience working in configured work order and quality management systems
• Experience with supplier qualification and quality audits
• Experience with authoring/ revising/ sustaining command media that aligns areas of responsibility with parent structure
• Experience with Non-Conformance, Material Review Board and Root Cause Corrective Action
• Graduate degree / coursework in materials, weld engineering, metallurgy, chemical engineering or relevant field from an ABET accredited university
• Experience with CREO or another CAD/CAM software

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to view a copy of Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

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