Manufacturing Engineer III - 1st Shift - Avionics Integration

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. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

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 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.

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!

In this role you will provide the integration direction for avionics systems and components. This role will require you to demonstrate your ability to proactively improve design for manufacturability, eliminate barriers, and solve unforeseen technical problems.

Responsibilities:

• Passion for our mission of millions of people living and working in space!

• Develop and define avionics and harnessing build, test, and assembly processes.

• Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the following manufacturing processes for avionics and harness components: fabrication, assembly, test, integration, and refurbishment.

• Closely lead build sequence, quality, and schedule of hardware every day during the assembly process.

• Support non-conformances and escapes and deploy recovery strategies, perform root cause analyses, and lead corrective actions.

• Lead hardware configuration and maintain pedigree throughout the entire build and test process.

• Conduct reviews for major harness and avionics assemblies prior to movement between work centers and facilities, and capture lessons learned.

• Define how to prepare hardware for test, qualification, and flight.

• Conduct DFMA and PFMEA studies to strengthen the feedback loop between design, build, and test.

• Perform engineering drawing reviews and provide final approval for manufacturing.

• Collaborate with external suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure that hardware and equipment is manufactured, processed, packaged, and delivered accurately, on time, and on budget.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to support the following shift: Monday-Friday 6AM-4PM

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university

• At least 5 years of direct manufacturing experience working with avionics or harnessing in support of aerospace vehicles.

• Comprehensive understanding of J-STD-001, IPC-620 and IPC-610 standards

• Experienced in applying commercial and military specifications and standards related to PWA, CCA, cables and harness.

• Successful track record developing/starting new manufacturing processes.

• Strong intuition and judgment when faced with ambiguity and the need to make high velocity decisions.

• Understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing including solid understanding of GD&T.

• A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with teams of diverse skills across large geographic distances.

• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

• Ability to develop processes to industry quality systems such as AS9100.

• 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.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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