Senior Manager, Precision Cleaning & Space Hardware

Blue Origin; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Manager for the Precision Cleaning Facility (PCF) to lead managers, shift leaders, and technicians across all shifts, ensuring safety, quality, throughput, and timely delivery of hardware.

You will set the facility's direction, partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, and production customers, and scale the team to meet program demand. Strong leadership and data-driven decision skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or related field or equivalent military or professional experience.
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, or operations environment.
• 5+ years of people management experience in manufacturing or aerospace, including leading managers or shift leaders across multiple shifts.
• Experience with precision cleaning or chemical processing operations (gross/precision cleaning, degreasing, passivation, etching, verification).
• Ability to analyze data to drive decisions and improvements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer focus.
• U.S. citizen/national or eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of managers, shift leaders, and technicians across all shifts, ensuring safety, quality, and throughput.
• Own PCF safety performance and compliance with EHS requirements in a hazardous-materials environment.
• Develop production plans, capacity projections, and resource forecasts to meet schedules.
• Report schedule status and hardware deliveries to customers and senior leadership.
• Manage full employee lifecycle including recruiting, hiring, performance management, coaching, and development.
• Define and track KPIs, drive continuous improvement, and manage budgets and costs.

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety compliance

Lean / 5S

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or related field

Tools

Windchill

Creo

ERP

MES

PLM tools

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Manager for the Precision Cleaning Facility (PCF) to lead managers, shift leaders, and technicians across all shifts, ensuring safety, quality, throughput, and timely delivery of hardware.

You will set the facility's direction, partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, and production customers, and scale the team to meet program demand. Strong leadership and data-driven decision skills are essential.