Senior Avionics Product & Program Manager

Blue Origin; Washington; On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education support program

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin, in the Greater Seattle area, seeks a Technical Project Manager III to oversee avionics product lifecycle, including development, NPI, sustaining production, and test support for New Glenn. You’ll partner with IPT leadership, manage schedules, and coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to deliver hardware on schedule and within budget.

The role emphasizes production engineering, design-for-manufacturability, and continuous improvement, with travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or another relevant engineering field.
• 6+ years of experience developing, manufacturing, introducing, testing, or sustaining complex electronic products, including PCB assemblies and electronic enclosures.
• Project management experience or formal training, with demonstrated success planning and executing complex projects involving cross-functional product development teams and external manufacturers.
• Experience planning, fabricating, testing, and delivering complex electronic hardware, including managing and analyzing datasets, budgets, cost estimates, and product performance metrics using Microsoft Excel or similar tools.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, communicate, and execute logic-linked schedules using Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or similar tools, supported by strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and detail-oriented skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority, hold partners accountable, and demonstrate resourcefulness, customer focus, ownership, and a bias for action.
• 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

• Partner with Integrated Product Team leadership to integrate product concepts and requirements, manage manufacturing design artifacts, and align product execution with program technical and business objectives.
• Lead avionics product development and new product introduction (NPI) activities through planning, execution, performance monitoring, gated reviews, production transition, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end, logic-linked product schedules covering dependencies, critical paths, phase transitions, and alignment with the integrated master schedule.
• Define production strategies and priorities that align supplier execution, procurement, internal assembly, testing, integration, and hardware demand with program requirements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, integration, operations, and Supply Chain teams to develop and release statements of work (SOWs), specifications, Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs), End Item Data Packages (EIDPs), and other production artifacts.
• Plan and coordinate hardware procurement, long-lead and test hardware orders, budgets, delivery schedules, and qualification activities with contract manufacturers, test facilities, and internal teams.
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity, cost, quality, and delivery execution; serve as a primary technical point of contact; address risks and bottlenecks; and incorporate design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test feedback.
• Support make-versus-buy analyses, should-cost assessments, competitive sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and supplier relationship management to improve cost, schedule, capacity, and quality.
• Manage product scope changes, deviations, nonconformances, engineering change requests, failure documentation, cross-functional actions, risks, and schedule adjustments to support uninterrupted hardware delivery.
• Lead process improvements and documented handoffs to Supply Chain and Operations, including production and inventory reporting, workflow optimization, command media updates, automation, and artificial intelligence tools.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling & planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel/data analysis

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Security citizenship eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/electronics/aerospace/related field

Tools

Primavera P6

DOORS or DNG

Altium

Creo

Windchill

MS Project

Job description

Blue Origin, in the Greater Seattle area, seeks a Technical Project Manager III to oversee avionics product lifecycle, including development, NPI, sustaining production, and test support for New Glenn. You’ll partner with IPT leadership, manage schedules, and coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to deliver hardware on schedule and within budget.

The role emphasizes production engineering, design-for-manufacturability, and continuous improvement, with travel up to 20%.