Senior Manager, Advanced Space Manufacturing Engineering

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 171,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Senior Manager to lead a team of experienced Manufacturing Engineers in early‑lifecycle production planning for spaceflight products.

You will drive strategic manufacturing plans, balance priorities, and mentor engineers across facilities, with hands‑on involvement in design, analysis, equipment operation, and manufacturing execution systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience managing people, projects, or programs.
• Strong coordination, personnel, and project management skills.
• Experience in hardware manufacturing (castings, forgings, AM components, welding, machining, NDT, tight tolerance assembly, leak testing, final acceptance testing, MES/PLM).
• Proven experience developing new manufacturing processes and improving existing ones.
• Ability to operate, lead, and progress in ambiguous environments.
• Understanding of product lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Enable the success of a team of high‑impact Manufacturing Engineers.
• Establish roles, responsibilities, and accountability for all team members.
• Balance workflow and priorities across the team.
• Grow the team by recruiting and hiring top manufacturing engineers as needed.
• Coordinate with program managers and Integrated Product Team Leads to meet objectives.
• Support robust engineering fundamentals in fabrication processes.
• Create data gathering tools to track and improve team performance.
• Ensure compliance with company processes and media.

Skills

People management

Project management

Coordination

Manufacturing engineering

Mechanical design

Lifecycle management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Hardware manufacturing

Process development

Education

BS in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace

MS in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace

Tools

MS Office

Windchill

PLM

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Senior Manager to lead a team of experienced Manufacturing Engineers in early‑lifecycle production planning for spaceflight products.

You will drive strategic manufacturing plans, balance priorities, and mentor engineers across facilities, with hands‑on involvement in design, analysis, equipment operation, and manufacturing execution systems.