Customer Data Engineer II - New Glenn

Blue Origin LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a data systems leader to certify the New Glenn program, ensuring data quality, sharing, maintenance, and customer engagement for government certifications. You will build relationships with US Space Force and NASA, coordinate across teams, and plan sophisticated products across technical domains while delivering results in a fast-paced setting.

The role requires strong communication, project management, and a solid background in product ownership, with a focus on data systems

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering or an equivalent technical field is required.
• Proven experience with integrated data environments or data systems.
• Familiarity with AWS and UI/Application Development.
• Expertise with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
• Experience with systems engineering tools (e.g., DOORS), configuration management tools (e.g., Windchill), and secure data-sharing platforms.
• Experience with multi-dimensional data records for manufacturing, quality, configuration management, calibration records, work procedures, master equipment lists, etc.
• Demonstrate a track record of enforcing data-marking best practices.
• Experience with data platform-specific customer training and engagement metrics.
• Strong background in project management and resource planning.
• Experience with customer certification or mission assurance practices.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Possess excellent judgment and be comfortable making high-quality and high-velocity decisions.
• Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong background in product ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integrated data systems solution required to certify the program.
• Provide leadership to ensure data quality, sharing, maintenance, and customer engagement for required certifications.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with program partners and government agencies.
• Plan and deliver results across multiple technical areas in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate results effectively to stakeholders, including customers and internal teams.

Skills

Integrated data environments

AWS

UI/Application Development

Confluence & JIRA

Data sharing platforms

Configuration management tools

Data-marking best practices

Customer training metrics

Project management

Resource planning

Mission assurance practices

Excellent communication

Product ownership

Education

B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

AWS

DOORS

Windchill

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 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 part of a small, passionate team, you will work on launch vehicles, space vehicles, and launch facility systems for New Glenn. This critical role leads the integrated data systems solution required to certify the program in direct support of the National Security Space Launch and NASA programs. You will provide leadership in ensuring the data quality, sharing, maintenance, and customer engagement are successfully implemented to achieve the required certifications for providing launch services for critical national security and civil science payloads. To be successful in this role, you will develop and maintain positive relationships across the New Glenn program and our US government partners at the US Space Force and NASA. You must be proactive in planning sophisticated products across many technical subject areas while also developing, delivering, and communicating results in support of government certification requests. You must have the resourcefulness and flexibility to perform at a high level in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and be an incredible team member!

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering or an equivalent technical field
• Proven experience with integrated data environments or data systems
• Familiarity with AWS and UI / Application Development
• Expertise with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
• Experience with systems engineering tools (e.g., DOORS), configuration management tools (e.g., Windchill), and secure data-sharing platforms
• Experience with multi-dimensional data records for manufacturing, quality, configuration management, calibration records, work procedures, master equipment lists, etc.
• Demonstrate a track record of enforcing data-marking best practices
• Experience with data platform-specific customer training and engagement metrics
• Solid understanding of project management and resource planning practices
• Experience with customer certification or mission assurance practices
• Excellent communication and coordination skills
• Possess excellent judgment and be comfortable making high-quality and high-velocity decisions
• Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong background in product ownership

Base Pay Range for: CA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35 CO applicants is $90,934.00 - $127,307.25 WA applicants is $99,201.00 - $138,880.35 Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t 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 you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t 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.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check Required for all positions

Blue’s Standard Background Check Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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