Blue Origin

Quality Engineer Sr. - Blue Ring

Blue Origin$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in engineering or equivalent STEM degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Quality assurance experience in a production environment, preferably in aerospace or aviation
  • Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management Systems
  • Proficiency in quality-related metrics and methodologies
  • Six Sigma certification preferred but not required

Responsibilities

  • Establish and implement quality system processes for product support
  • Measure and analyze quality performance to meet organizational goals
  • Review and approve manufacturing documents and nonconformance records
  • Conduct periodic quality system audits in alignment with AS9100 standards
  • Participate in engineering design reviews for quality enhancements
  • Provide expertise in quality assurance to the manufacturing team
  • Collaborate with customers on quality issues and create training materials

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability
  • 401(k) plan with a 5% company match
  • Stock options for regular employees
  • Generous paid time off policy, including up to 14 holidays
  • Education support program for continued learning
Full Job Description
Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

In this role, you will establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in a production environment. As needed, measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals, integrate quality system applications between engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure the consistent and ongoing use of quality best practices and communication of quality issues, and facilitate troubleshooting of quality issues with diverse teams, lead causal analysis activities to drive to root cause and corrective action.

In addition, you will perform reviews and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records. You will perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100, recommend initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality, and provide quality assurance subject matter expertise to inspection, manufacturing and test. Periodically, you will interface with internal and external customers on quality related concerns and develop training materials to build quality awareness.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of specialists, you will share in the team's impact on all aspects of developing, testing and launching Space systems to support Blue Origin's Vision.

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!

Special Mentions [Edit or remove as needed]
  • Relocation provided
  • This is for A (first) shift


Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments
  • Measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals
  • Review and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records.
  • Perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100
  • Participate in engineering design reviews and make recommendations to improve the quality and manufacturability of new designs
  • Recommend and improve initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality
  • Provide quality assurance domain expertise to inspection, manufacturing, and test for the Manufacturing team
  • Collaborate with internal and external customers on quality related concerns; develop and present training materials to build quality awareness.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Minimum of a B.S. in engineering or equivalent STEM degree with 10+ Years of relevant experience.
  • Quality assurance experience in production environment. Aerospace, space launch, military/commercial aviation preferred
  • Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs


Preferred Qualifications
  • Proficiency in Wire Harness manufacturing and Avionics assembly
  • Knowledge of Weld and NDT practices
  • Working knowledge of Precision Measurement Science fundamentals
  • Proficient in the fundamentals of GD&T.
  • Working knowledge of quality performance measurement analysis
  • Working knowledge of Root Cause Analysis
  • Quality assurance experience in rocket engine production environment
  • Quality Management System audit experience
  • Six Sigma Green, Black Belt, or comparable certification
  • Working knowledge of aerospace assembly

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.

About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
Learn more about Blue Origin
Size
3,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2000

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