Rocket Vehicle Integration Lead

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Paid Time Off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks a GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader to direct final and module integration across engineering, test, and operations. You will drive an optimized manufacturing flow from start to finish and lead a small team in a fast-paced hardware project.

Role requires coordinating design, manufacturing, and supply chain efforts, owning build sequence decisions, and delivering verification artifacts for transfer to operations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience supporting complex engineered products.
• 2+ years in project management or systems integration.
• Proven ability to lead and participate in collaborative, fast-paced hardware projects.
• Strong ability to build trusting relationships to improve team performance.
• Experience with logic-linked scheduling, budgets, and variance reporting to leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across teams.

Responsibilities

• Direct work within operations to support GS2 Integration activities.
• Coordinate across design, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and operations to integrate the rocket.
• Decide build sequence and schedule to optimize efficiency and timelines.
• Provide engineering direction on off-nominal situations to keep production moving.
• Own the full build flow, report progress to leadership, and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead optimization to reduce lead time and cost.
• Mitigate risks to meet project objectives.
• Deliver verification artifacts to transfer rocket to operational service.

Skills

Experience with complex engineered

Project management

Collaborative leadership

Relationship building

PM scheduling & budget tracking

Excellent communication

Education

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

Experience with EVM

Risk management

Configuration management

Requirements management

Manufacturing/Production engineering

Spaceflight experience

Job description

Blue Origin in Merritt Island, FL seeks a GS2 Production Vehicle Integration Leader to direct final and module integration across engineering, test, and operations. You will drive an optimized manufacturing flow from start to finish and lead a small team in a fast-paced hardware project.

Role requires coordinating design, manufacturing, and supply chain efforts, owning build sequence decisions, and delivering verification artifacts for transfer to operations.