Aerospace Quality Engineer for Spaceflight Programs

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in Washington state is seeking a Quality Engineer to establish, maintain, and improve quality system processes that support development and production environments for spaceflight hardware.

You will audit processes, analyze data, conduct root cause investigations, and collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure conformance with AS9100/ISO9001 and to prevent defects. Strong communication and a proactive mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• B.S. in engineering with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Quality experience in production environment.
• Aerospace, space launch, or military or commercial aviation preferred.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9000 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs.
• Excellent communication skills, organized, attention to detail, and self-starter.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Quality engineering

Production experience

AS9100 familiarity

Communication skills

Citizenship

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

AS9100/ISO9000 knowledge

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in Washington state is seeking a Quality Engineer to establish, maintain, and improve quality system processes that support development and production environments for spaceflight hardware.

You will audit processes, analyze data, conduct root cause investigations, and collaborate with design, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure conformance with AS9100/ISO9001 and to prevent defects. Strong communication and a proactive mindset are essential.