Senior Manager - Avionics Packaging Mechanical Engineering

Blue Origin; Washington; On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Avionics Packaging group within the Core Avionics team, part of the Lunar Permanence unit. You will oversee the design, analysis, testing, and reviews of avionics enclosures for spacecraft hardware, while guiding a team of engineers and specialists.

You will drive resource planning, schedules, and budget decisions, mentor staff, and ensure safety culture and high-quality deliverables as the company advances lunar missions and spaceflight

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in aerospace or high reliability engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex systems.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects, staffing, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to mechanical engineers and technical specialists.
• Oversee design, analysis, testing, and reviews of avionics enclosures.
• Manage staff development, performance, and budgeting.

Skills

People management

Mechanical engineering

Avionics

Staffing

Budget management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

ANSYS

MATLAB

Job description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers and technical specialists, you will directly impact the history of space exploration and demonstrate your commitment to safe, reliable, and repeatable spaceflight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and advancing Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

This opportunity reports to the Avionics Packaging group lead within the Core Avionics team in the the Lunar Permanence business unit. This Senior Manager position leads a team of mechanical engineers and technical specialists responsible for the design, analysis, testing, and critical review of avionics enclosures and assemblies that house printed circuit board assemblies and other electronic components.

This senior-level role provides leadership, technical expertise, and training for the mechanical team. Responsibilities include coordinating project assignments with team leads and project managers, reconciling project needs with staff resources and capabilities, and owning the technical quality of the team's work. This includes responsibility for the standards, processes, and tools used in complex avionics enclosure design and analysis, as well as oversight of component cost, mass, and delivery schedule.

Management responsibilities include fostering employee training, growth, and career development; managing underperformance; providing status updates to upper management; and providing input on the team's annual budget, expenditures, and headcount. While this is a management role, it also requires-and provides the opportunity for-significant technical input, guidance, review, oversight, and future roadmap planning to support technology advancement and cost reduction.

As a member of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program team, your work will play a key role in developing lunar transportation systems that will return humans to the Moon and help extend human presence beyond the bounds of Earth.

Passion for our mission and vision is required. If you are excited by delivering both near-term and long-term value, solving novel problems, learning new topics, and completing challenging projects, please apply!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 15% of the time
• Interviews will include a technical assessment

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supply people, processes, and tools needed to meet the demand signals specified by project and program managers
• Negotiate Statements of Work with the respective product managers
• Supply staffing to projects, reconciling project needs with staff capabilities and negotiating time commitments
• When demand signal exceeds group capabilities or capacity, work with the Group Lead to recruit and hire additional staff or secure contract labor as needed
• Manage direct reports' professional development (e.g., goals, skills, performance reviews, compensation and promotion management, one-on-one development conversations) and coach them on maximizing performance
• Ensure staff are properly trained, including participation in the Blue Origin safety culture
• Obtain relevant performance feedback for employees for each evaluation period
• Facilitate development opportunities for team members to align with product needs, advance the capabilities of the team's community of practice, and increase employee satisfaction
• Equip the team with relevant engineering tools and training in proper usage
• Set and prioritize team goals in alignment with group and business unit goals
• Promote the usage of key technical resources (e.g., standards, journals, references)
• Develop, maintain, and implement a plan for acquiring software, models, and analysis tools needed, and processes for capturing staff best practices
• Coordinate and integrate with similar functional teams and expertise acro