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Blue Origin · 2 weeks ago

Senior Propulsion Thermal Production Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Blue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Senior Propulsion Thermal Production Engineer will coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure the timely and budget-compliant delivery of spacecraft propulsion and thermal subsystem assemblies, while managing production activities and technical risks.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Coordinate with teams to verify spacecraft propulsion and thermal subsystems align with criteria. Coordinating flight installations & assemblies for engine and heat components, leading all aspects of hardware demand planning, coordinating resources, and prioritizing tasks

Work with propulsion & thermal leaders to meet Blue Ring needs for propulsion & thermal assembly

Partner with manufacturing engineers, technician shift supervisors, and production planners to plan daily, weekly, and monthly work center production schedules

Support and coordinate the efforts of the multi-functional integrated product team comprised of design engineering, manufacturing/production engineering, program planning & control (PP&C), tooling, quality, test, and other support functions

Work with design and manufacturing teams to identify and resolve conflicts with Non-Conformances (NCs), drawing release, work order releases and execution, and test planning to ensure the right people, parts and procedures are in place to keep Blue Ring propulsion & thermal integrations happen on schedule

In collaboration with the Blue Ring program team, manage technical and programmatic risks/opportunities, including identifying, documenting, presenting, developing mitigation plans and driving outcomes at program acceptable levels

Clear communication of status, critical paths, challenges, and recommended solutions to leadership, while also providing clear constraints and mentorship to the support teams

Coordinate with procurement and internal and external manufacturing, to ensure that hardware priorities are well understood and are actively managed to support the need dates

Identify schedule-critical hardware, equipment, people, and facilities; resolve constraints

Qualification

System IntegrationManufacturing EngineeringSpacecraft PropulsionProject ManagementRisk ManagementConfiguration ManagementBudget ManagementTechnical CommunicationSchedulingEVMCREOWindchillJIRAMS ProjectTeam LeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingEffective CommunicationRelationship Building

Required

B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses

5+ years of experience in designing/developing/producing complex engineered products

2+ years of technical project management or system integration experience

Demonstrated experience with core project management skills including with logic-linked scheduling, budget and schedule variance tracking and reporting project status to leadership

Enjoy leading and participating in highly collaborative efforts and a desire to lead and manage small teams on a fast-paced hardware and flight projects

Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience with communicating with and coordinating small to medium sized team