Senior Avionics Engineer for Crewed Lander Systems

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an avionics program manager to lead design release planning and cross-team coordination for the MK2 Crewed Lander avionics. You will manage schedules, procurement, and risk while interfacing with subsystem teams, customers, and partners to ensure on-time delivery of flight-ready avionics hardware.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field, 2+ years of project management experience, and strong communication skills. U.S.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Aerospace Sciences, Business, Operations Management, Mathematics, or related disciplines.
• 2+ years of experience planning and managing projects/programs, including managing priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost.
• Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management, and Cost Account Management.
• Experience developing product schedules and managing complex system developments.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment while regularly providing imaginative and detailed solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills.
• 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 design release planning, organization, and execution, including technical design team tasking, supply chain integration, and collaboration across other vehicle subsystems to develop and deliver avionics subsystems
• Manage key program metrics (and associated reporting tools) in areas such as: Budget, engineering schedules, equipment schedules, procurement schedules, production schedules, program management status reports, and resource plans
• Act as a focal point for the avionics director to interface with subsystem teams in the development and execution of our avionics development plan.
• Leverage your ability to influence working between the avionics teams, other subsystems, and the overall program team by coordinating the dependencies between teams to mature design, release drawings, and proucure/build avionics hardware for testing, certification, and flight.
• Track and manage engineering products to support production readiness and reduce execution risk
• Develop engineering-driven procurement packages, provide technical guidance for vendor/supplier selection, and maintain insight for key suppliers and critical hardware
• Write technical proposals, statements of work, and key decision tickets as needed to support program execution
• Interface with our NASA customer and other teams to provide schedule, insight, and customer deliverables.
• Identify, manage, address, and close key risks and opportunities

Skills

Project planning

Schedule management

Cost management

Risk management

Cross-team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

Tools

Confluence

P6 Primavera

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an avionics program manager to lead design release planning and cross-team coordination for the MK2 Crewed Lander avionics. You will manage schedules, procurement, and risk while interfacing with subsystem teams, customers, and partners to ensure on-time delivery of flight-ready avionics hardware.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field, 2+ years of project management experience, and strong communication skills. U.S.