Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
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 an Project Engineer at Blue Origin, you will own the full lifecycle of ordnance hardware — from design and qualification through delivery and installation on the vehicle. You will develop and maintain the ordnance project schedule within the program's Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), keeping it tightly linked to vehicle need dates while identifying critical paths and staying ahead of bottlenecks across concurrent vehicles and test campaigns. You will build and manage the resource plan for your scope, lead the team's operational rhythm through stand-ups, schedule reviews, and supplier reviews, and drive all actions and commitments through to closure. On the cost and supply chain side, you will own the project budget and spend forecast while serving as the program's primary voice with Supply Chain — proactively removing barriers, ensuring timely hardware delivery, and mitigating shortages to protect the build schedule. This is a high-impact role for a motivated program manager who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and is ready to help launch humanity's future in space.
Demand, Configuration and Traceability:
- Own ordnance demand integration: forecast demand across vehicle serial numbers and test campaigns, validate MRP demand signals, and resolve eBOM–mBOM mismatches. Forecasts must account for lot sizes, test-sample consumption, and minimum buys
- Maintain the master ordnance list and lot/serial traceability from as-designed through as-flown, and track service life so that no expired device reaches the vehicle
- Support change and configuration control by assessing the cost, schedule, and effectivity impact of changes on hardware in production, in storage, or installed
Risk, Reporting and Improvement
- Lead identification and mitigation of risks and opportunities, with emphasis on safety, supply continuity, and schedule. Present status, risks, variances, and recovery plans to program management
- Build and maintain metrics and dashboards (schedule health, lot status, service-life runway, supplier performance) that give leadership a clear basis for decisions
- Coordinate with Quality, EHS/Explosive Safety, Ordnance Services, and Logistics on nonconformance investigations, MRB actions, and hazardous-materials shipping and storage
- Apply data and AI-based tools to streamline planning, analysis, and reporting, and improve project management processes as the team matures
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in Engineering (aerospace, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or related discipline) or equivalent technical experience
- 4+ years of experience planning and managing projects on complex engineered aerospace or defense hardware, including managing priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost
- Experience with critical path scheduling, IMS, risk management, and Cost Account Management
- Experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar scheduling software
- Technical background in aerospace hardware development, production, or test, sufficient to engage with Responsible Engineers on qualification, test, and nonconformance issues
- Experience working with suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of hardware
- Demonstrated ability to drive deliverables to completion through people who do not report to you
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with ordnance, pyrotechnic, or energetic devices on launch vehicles, spacecraft, missiles, or munitions
- Familiarity with lot acceptance testing, DPA, service life programs, and hazard classification of energetic items
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems (Deltek Costpoint preferred) and Windchill PLM
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Databricks, SQL, or Tableau for tracking and reporting
- Experience with launch vehicle or spacecraft development, qualification, and production
- Experience supporting launch site or test site operations
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20
Other site ranges may differ
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.
