Engineering Operations Lead II - Lunar Permanence

Blue Origin; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 25%

Interviews include a technical review

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an Engineering Operations Lead embedded within the Lunar Transfer Stage System Test team. This role will ensure test campaigns and engineering deliverables are planned, tracked, and executed with rigor and efficiency.

You will translate engineering work into structured plans, maintain schedules, and keep leadership informed of progress, risks, and schedule health. On-site work at Lunar Plant 1 in Merritt Island, FL is required.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in project coordination, engineering operations, or program support in a technical environment.
• Experience using project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar scheduling and tracking tools.
• Ability to build and maintain project schedules and track progress against milestones.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear status updates for technical and program leadership.
• 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

• Support the development and maintenance of integrated test campaign schedules, tracking progress against key milestones and flagging risks and variances to leadership.
• Assist technical leads in translating engineering scope into structured work plans, including task identification, sequencing, and resource loading.
• Support week-to-week planning and execution tracking for the system test team, helping maintain alignment between program-level plans and day-to-day operations.
• Prepare and communicate regular status updates on cost, schedule, and risk to engineering and program management.
• Identify and elevate schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and execution gaps, and support development of recovery plans.
• Coordinate across internal teams and customers to support test readiness activities, review preparation, and deliverable tracking.
• Support risk and opportunity identification and help maintain the team's risk register.
• Assist in the development of statements of work and support coordination of external services as needed.

Skills

Project coordination

Engineering operations

Program support

Written and oral communication

stakeholder communication

Education

BS or MS in engineering, project management, or related discipline

Tools

MS Project

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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As an engineering operations lead embedded within the Lunar Transfer Stage System Test team, you will help ensure that our test campaigns and engineering deliverables are planned, tracked, and executed with rigor and efficiency. You will support the team's day-to-day operational rhythm, helping translate engineering work into structured plans and keeping leadership informed of progress, risks, and schedule health.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, organizational skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time
• Interviews will include a technical assessment

This position requires on-site work at Lunar Plant 1 in Merritt Island, Florida

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the development and maintenance of integrated test campaign schedules, tracking progress against key milestones and flagging risks and variances to leadership
• Assist technical leads in translating engineering scope into structured work plans, including task identification, sequencing, and resource loading
• Support week-to-week planning and execution tracking for the system test team, helping maintain alignment between program-level plans and day-to-day operations
• Prepare and communicate regular status updates on cost, schedule, and risk to engineering and program management
• Identify and elevate schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and execution gaps, and support development of recovery plans
• Coordinate across internal teams and customers to support test readiness activities, review preparation, and deliverable tracking
• Support risk and opportunity identification and help maintain the team's risk register
• Assist in the development of statements of work and support coordination of external services as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline
• 2+ years of experience in project coordination, engineering operations, or program support in a technical environment
• Experience using project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar scheduling and tracking tools
• Ability to build and maintain project schedules and track progress against milestones
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear status updates for technical and program leadership
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting test campaigns or engineering operations for aerospace, launch vehicle, or spacecraft programs
• Experience participating in NASA technical reviews, including TRRs or FRRs
• Familiarity with agile project management methods and tools
• Experience with critical path scheduling, risk management, or earned value management (EVM)
• Experience with J