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This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.
Sr Manager 6 Structural Engineering
As Senior Manager of the structures team, you will lead a high-performing group of structural engineers designing, developing, and delivering the ground structures and GSE (Ground Support Equipment) that support Blue Origin's launch operations at LC-36 (Cape Canaveral, FL). You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, setting the technical direction for the team, developing your engineers, driving execution, and serving as the primary interface between your team and program leadership.
This is a technical management role and is not a purely administrative management position. You will be expected to maintain meaningful technical engagement with the work your team produces, provide engineering judgment on critical design decisions, and be a credible technical voice with stakeholders across the program.
Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership
- Serve as technical authority for the structures team, provide engineering guidance and judgment on complex design challenges.
- Establish and maintain structural design standards, analysis methods, and best practices for the team.
- Review and approve critical design packages, FEA analyses, load path and connection design calculations, and engineering drawings.
- Drive design reviews at key project milestones; ensure all team deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, and specifications.
- People Leadership
- Directly manage a team of structural engineers supporting large steel structures and GSE design.
- Recruit, hire, and onboard engineering talent, actively build and maintain a strong team pipeline.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations, identify skill gaps and develop targeted growth plans for all direct reports.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and safety-first team culture consistent with Blue Origin's values.
- Program Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Own team deliverables, manage scope, schedule, budget, and technical quality across multiple concurrent structural design programs, identify and communicate risks early and drive mitigation plans.
- Oversee external design and fabrication partners, ensure technical compliance, quality, and schedule adherence through the full project lifecycle including fabrication, assembly, installation, and testing & activation.
- Interface with program managers, systems engineers, and operations leads to align on priorities and operations.
- Represent the structures team in program-level reviews, technical interchange meetings, and leadership forums, contribute to budget, headcount planning, and resource allocation in coordination with senior leadership.
Minimum Qualifications (required):
- Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 12+ years experience with a strong background in design/analysis/construction of large and complex steel structural systems (e.g. steel towers, launch vehicle GSE, aerospace tooling, oil & gas structures, movable structures, steel bridges and platforms, etc).
- 6+ years of direct engineering management or team lead experience, including performance management and career development of direct reports.
- Experience with structural and mechanical analysis utilizing FEA tools.
- Experience designing and analyzing large weldments, steel frame structures, and bolted and welded connections.
- Knowledge of civil engineering codes and standards (e.g. IBC, ASCE, AISC, AWS, etc).
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Demonstrated experience leading structural design programs from concept through commissioning and operations including managing external design and fabrication partners.
- Knowledge of engineering change and configuration management processes and document management and tracking tools.
- 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.
Desired (not required):
- Master's degree in Structural Engineering.
- PMP certification.
- Experience with STAAD, ANSYS, SAP2000, RISA 3D, IDEA StatiCa, and ETABS.
- Structural Engineer (SE) license.
- 3+ years direct GSE design and analysis experience.
- Experience building or scaling engineering teams in a fast-paced aerospace or industrial environment.
- Experience with PTC Creo/Windchill.
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.
