Senior Engineering Operations Lead, Lunar Crew Systems

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Lead for the MK2 Crew Systems team. You will own the Rhythm of Business, manage the integrated master schedule, budgets, and cross‑functional program reviews with NASA partners.

This role requires 8+ years in aerospace operations, strong Jira/Confluence experience, and a track record of leading complex cross‑functional programs. The position offers impactful work on lunar transport hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years in program operations, engineering operations, or technical project management in an aerospace environment or related field.
• Demonstrated experience owning an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including baselining and cross-program schedule integration.
• Demonstrated Jira experience.
• Proven ability to own and improve complex, cross-functional processes with minimal direction.
• Experience leading or co-leading formal engineering reviews and managing associated documentation and artifacts.
• Experience with program budget/EAC tracking and WBS/schedule integration.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• 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

• Establish and run the Crew Systems Rhythm of Business, including daily reporting and Weekly Business Review (WBR) updates; technical progress tracking using Jira, Confluence, and dashboard tools; reporting progress and blockers at appropriate levels; and adapting content and expectations to program needs
• Own and drive the Crew Systems Integrated Master Schedule (IMS): lead re-baseline efforts with cross-functional stakeholders, maintain a green schedule baseline ahead of major milestones, build and manage schedule linkages, and understand critical path and variance drivers and work to reconcile
• Own product team budget tracking, hold Responsible Engineers and suppliers accountable for cost management, and support Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) inputs in coordination with Finance
• Coordinate efforts across the product team comprised of engineering, program planning & control, supply chain, manufacturing/ production engineering, facilities, production, tooling, quality, test, and NASA partners.
• Own quarterly Design Analysis Cycle (DAC) planning: provide DAC review-package inputs, coordinate cross-IPT integration, and support execution to meet program DAC completion goals
• Lead planning and expectation-setting for major reviews, including authoring review expectations memos and coordinating readiness prep with clear ownership across the team
• Support and train Responsible Engineers in management of schedule, budget, and DAC and sprint-level execution

Skills

Jira experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Program operations

Budget & EAC tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or related technical field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Lead for the MK2 Crew Systems team. You will own the Rhythm of Business, manage the integrated master schedule, budgets, and cross‑functional program reviews with NASA partners.

This role requires 8+ years in aerospace operations, strong Jira/Confluence experience, and a track record of leading complex cross‑functional programs. The position offers impactful work on lunar transport hardware.