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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.
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.
As a Maintenance Operations Architect within Launch System Architecture, you will be involved in developing the maintenance and refurbishment framework, influence design for operability and maintainability, trade studies, concept of operations development, and maintenance requirements.
As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for creating a comprehensive operations approach for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle and associated ground systems, and working closely with the New Glenn Operations team to ensure the system is maintainable, serviceable, and conducive to safe, rapid, and repeatable operations. You will work across elements and support integrated solutions while making sure maintainability and rapid launch cadence are central tenants. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities Include:- Assess, identify and support fixes to gaps in system operational timeline
- Establish design for maintainability program priorities and coordinate implementations across development efforts
- Serve as a technical point of contact for design, test, software, operations, and refurbishment artifacts.
- Author operations documents to define product testing requirements, operations lifecycle, maintenance requirements, and critical performance/requirements interfaces across the system.
- Ensure consistency, accuracy, and appropriate integration of operating requirements into procedures, scripts, and displays used during vehicle operations.
- Provide program support to the chief engineer office for delegated engineering change requests, design review actions, technical readiness reviews, performance metrics/assessment and technical risk management.
- Coordinate ground support tooling and enterprise technology tool needs
- Integrate maintenance con-ops requirements across New Glenn & Operations
Qualifications:- Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses
- 12+ years of proven experience in operations and product development
- Prior experience with development of complex systems and with operations and maintenance manual development
- Knowledge of fabrication, fielded product maintenance, integration processes, quality and configuration management systems
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
- Ability to travel to Space Coast, Florida or Kent Washington (work location dependent) approximately 25%.
Desired:- Master's of Science in Engineering or related field
- Knowledge of systems engineering practices and system safety analysis techniques as applied to human-integrated systems
- Airframe & Powerplant license or experience working in a similar maintenance/refurbishment environment
- Experience with reusable launch vehicle systems
- Experience with large scale aerospace system development
- Experience with maintenance management tools (ex. Maximo), project management tools (ex. Oracle Primavera P6, JIRA), and design tools (ex. CREO/Windchill)
Compensation Range for:
CO applicants is $160,618.00 - $224,864.85WA applicants is $169,624.00 - $237,473.25
Other site ranges may differCulture StatementDon'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 an 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.
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.
