Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer II – Space Systems

Blue Origin LLC; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in Space Coast, FL, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design and implement efficient manufacturing systems for space vehicles. You will drive DFx/DFT, ensure stringent quality, and optimize production timelines across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes manufacturing documentation, process improvements, and adoption of advanced technologies to scale space hardware manufacturing while maintaining high safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or process engineering role.
• 3+ years of experience creating English work instructions.
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. for refugee or asylum.

Responsibilities

• Support the industrialization of new products in areas such as solar arrays, integration and test, avionics, and structures.
• Contribute to design for manufacturability (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), design for test (DFT).
• Translate engineering requirements into robust, repeatable manufacturing processes.
• Collaborate with design engineering, quality assurance, supply chain, and production teams to accelerate space production.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including work instructions, process flow diagrams, tool designs, and inspection plans.
• Evaluate and implement new manufacturing technologies and methods (e.g., composites, precision machining, additive manufacturing, advanced assembly).
• Support root cause analysis of process or product non-conformances; develop and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality standards.
• Participate in process FMEAs, risk assessments, and validation of new production lines and equipment.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency gains and cost reduction.
• Gain expertise in at least one key specialty area (solar arrays, integration and test, build flow/sequencing, avionics, structures).

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Creo

ANSYS Workbench

FEMAP

NASTRAN

NX Advanced Simulation

ProE Simulate/Mechanica

Job description

Blue Origin, based in Space Coast, FL, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design and implement efficient manufacturing systems for space vehicles. You will drive DFx/DFT, ensure stringent quality, and optimize production timelines across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes manufacturing documentation, process improvements, and adoption of advanced technologies to scale space hardware manufacturing while maintaining high safety and quality standards.