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This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.
We are a 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.
You will lead a hardworking and accomplished team of rocket engine test engineers, you will set technical direction, build team members to support current and future program needs, be responsible for employee life cycle including hiring, performance management, training and providing tools for career development. You will help to improve technical processes, best practices, and tool development around focused areas of test planning, execution, and development/production cycles.
We seek an individual with a passion for our mission and vision, who applies their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to millions of people living and working in space.
As the Engines Test and Flight Engineering Manager, you will:
- Lead a team of talented rocket engine test engineers.
- Provide daily technical direction with a team of technicians, quality, manufacturing engineers, remote test support, and on-site facility engineers
- Develop team members to meet current and future program needs.
- Manage the employee life cycle, including hiring, performance management, training, and career development.
- Enhance technical processes, best practices, and tools related to test planning, execution, and development/production cycles.
In addition to team management, you will contribute directly to the engine program as an individual contributor (50% manager, 50% contributor):
- Ownership of test campaigns, test processes, test operations, and data review for current and future booster engines
- Develop innovative processes to accelerate test cadence while maintaining quality and safety
- Support all phases of engine testing from activation, executions, inspections, anomaly resolution, and customer delivery
- Leverage testing insight to radically reduce the time and cost of engine development
- Support vehicle/flight operations as necessary
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
- 3+ years of experience in liquid rocket engine testing
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including leading teams, overseeing, guiding, and mentoring fellow engineers
- Desire to work in a cooperative, fast-paced, and dynamic environment, with demonstrated experience working within strict safety protocols and procedures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- In-depth knowledge of engines components, including turbopumps, combustion chambers, injectors, regulators, check valves, electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic valves, actuators, and other fluid system components
- Ability to effectively balance multiple tasks while earning trust, maintaining positive and professional relationships
Desired:
- M.S. degree or higherin mechanical or aerospace engineering
- Familiarity with rocket engine system operations, verification process and risk management
- Experience with anomaly investigations
- Knowledge of systems engineering practices
- Experience in planning and executing test programs for propulsion systems, including driving to cost and schedule targets.
- Knowledge of instrumentation including pressure transducers, thermocouples and accelerometers
- Understanding of a variety of rocket propellants including cryogenic propellants
Culture Statement
Dont 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 an authentic workplace, so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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.
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.
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
