Lead Manufacturing Optimization Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a manufacturing operations leader to design, implement, and optimize high-velocity production systems across facilities. You will drive rigorous quality control and cost-efficient processes for aerospace manufacturing, while collaborating with diverse teams to push safety and reliability.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, project management, and continuous improvement, with relocation flexibility and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Operations Research, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or related engineering degree.
• Strong analytic skill set and a high degree of proficiency in data mining.
• Outstanding with Excel and manual data analysis
• Excellent Interpersonal Communication Skills
• 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

• Lead Manufacturing-related Projects
• Production Scheduling, Theory of Constraints, Budgets and Forecasts, Crew Empowerment, Defect Analysis and Benchmarking Analysis, Core Competency Definition, Resource Allocation, Scenario Planning, Discrete Event Simulation, Make/Buy Evaluations, and Cost/Price Evaluations.
• Process Improvement- Lean Manufacturing, Engineering Economic Analysis, Process Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Methods, Six Sigma, Time Studies, Waste Reduction, and Work Sampling
• Operations improvement- Ergonomic and Human Factors, Operations Plans, Recovery planning, Capacity planning, Capital planning
• Integrated Systems- Value Stream Analysis, Facility Layouts, Production Systems Design, Manufacturing Process Design, Systems Thinking, Facilities Planning, and Requirement.
• Supporting other Blue sites with eventual relocation possibilities and willingness to travel as needed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Data mining

Interpersonal communication

Self-starter

Collaboration

Leadership

Education

BS in Operations Research/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Discrete Event Simulation

Process Mapping

Value Stream Analysis

Six Sigma

Project Management Certification (PMP)

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a manufacturing operations leader to design, implement, and optimize high-velocity production systems across facilities. You will drive rigorous quality control and cost-efficient processes for aerospace manufacturing, while collaborating with diverse teams to push safety and reliability.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, project management, and continuous improvement, with relocation flexibility and travel as needed.