GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader

Frontdoor Defense; Titusville (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401(k) matching

Education assistance

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Titusville, FL seeks a GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader to direct final assembly and handover of the Space Vehicle GS2. You will coordinate across design, manufacturing, and test to optimize the manufacturing flow from start to finish and drive risk-based decisions.

The role combines technical leadership with program management, requiring strong communication and the ability to guide small teams in a fast-paced hardware environment for spaceflight programs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in supporting complex engineered products.
• 2+ years of project management or system integration experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams on fast-paced hardware and flight projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Direct work within operations to support GS2 Integration activities.
• Coordinate with design, manufacturing, test engineering, supply chain and other ops teams to enable successful rocket integration.
• Decide build sequence and schedule to optimize efficiency and meet timelines.
• Provide engineering direction on off-nominal and discrepant situations to keep production moving.
• Own the end-to-end build flow and report progress to leadership, enabling recovery and continuous improvement of execution.
• Work to decrease unit lead time and cost to lower the cost of access to space.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver verification artifacts for transfer to operations.

Skills

Project management

System integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

B.S. in aerospace/ mechanical/ industrial/ manufacturing engineering

Tools

EVM

Job description

GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader

Lead end-to-end integration of Space Vehicle GS2 through final assembly and handover

Location: Titusville, Florida

About The Role

GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader

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 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.

We are seeking a highly skilled Integration specialist to join our Operations team. The selected candidate will have the broad responsibility for directing rocket vehicle final and module integration activities, ensuring seamless coordination across engineering, test, and operation functions to drive an optimized manufacturing flow from start to finish. While this role is an individual contributor position, the influence of the role is significant requiring both technical and personnel leadership to provide the high-level direction to the team to deliver the integrated vehicle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct work within operations to support GS2 Integration activities.
• Liaise and facilitate the efforts of a broad multi-functional group including design, manufacturing, and test engineering as well as supply chain and other operations teams to enable the successful integration of the rocket.
• Broad accountability to make informed decisions regarding build sequence and schedule to optimize efficiency and meet project timelines.
• Triage and provide engineering direction on off nominal and discrepant situations to enable production to move forward.
• Take ownership of the entire build flow, including reporting progress and challenges to leadership, recovery planning and continuous improvement of execution.
• Manage optimization activities to decrease unit lead time and cost to radically reduce the cost of access to space.
• Mitigate risks and manage impacts to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to deliver the required verification artifacts at completion of build to successfully transfer the rocket into operational service.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in supporting complex engineered products.
• 2+ years of project management or system integration experience.
• Enjoy leading and participating in highly collaborative efforts and a desire to lead and manage small teams on fast-paced hardware and flight projects.
• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results.
• Demonstrated experience with core project management status skills including logic-linked scheduling, budget and schedule variance tracking and reporting project to leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience communicating with teams of varying sizes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses.
• Experience with budget and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• Experience with risk management, configuration management, requirements management.
• Experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering or similar experience working in vehicle integration and test.
• Experience across multiple portions of the product life cycle.
• Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance systems.

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. Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

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 workforce. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.

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.