Senior Manager, Product Configuration & Delivery

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a seasoned Configuration Management Leader to guide a cross-functional team supporting the New Glenn program. You will drive CM policy, manage milestones and metrics, and ensure software and hardware configuration integrity across complex aerospace systems.

The role emphasizes independent problem solving, enterprise automation, and close collaboration with design, production, and testing teams in a high-stakes launch vehicle environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design, development, integration, configuration management, or testing – preferably with aerospace hardware or complex technical systems
• Demonstrated experience applying configuration management principles and practices to complex hardware and/or software products
• Possess high attention to detail and strong organizational/coordination skills
• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results
• Experience leading teams on fast-paced projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Up to 15% travel will be required to coordinate with design/test/manufacturing teams
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder)

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Configuration and Development Engineers; responsible for hiring, performance reviews, compensation management, and career development
• Recruit, hire, and mentor a team; embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin Leadership Principles
• Serve as a trusted partner to cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, software quality assurance, and Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), embedding configuration management best practices into every phase of program activities
• Strategy and Compliance
• Define, own, and continuously improve Product Configuration Management policies, processes, and best practices for New Glenn that can be implemented across the enterprise
• Define and manage program-level Product Configuration policies and processes and tailoring while maintaining compliance with company procedures and processes
• Actively contribute to program milestone reviews — including design reviews, test reviews, and production readiness reviews — ensuring product configuration management considerations are thoroughly addressed and documented
• Establish and report product configuration management metrics and status to program leadership
• Work independently toward long-range objectives and determine the approach to solutions without appreciable direction
• Work with Enterprise Technology to define, develop, and implement automation for Product Configuration processes and tools.
• Coordinate the team to maintain alignment of complex design, production, and in-operation product structures for integrated modules of the New Glenn Launch Vehicle
• Own configuration status accounting, providing accurate, timely visibility into product configuration and change implementation status
• Provide configuration evidence for customer certification and audits (e.g., NSSL, NASA) and resolve related findings
• Provide expert guidance for the implementation of product variant and effectivity methodologies for New Glenn products across all product structures
• Support technical inquiries from US Government partners including DCR, TIM, and joint handling plan resolution on product configuration topics.
• Manage per-vehicle configuration across reflight and refurbishment of reusable hardware
• Ensure effectivity of software configuration items are identified, baselined, and controlled alongside hardware
• Interpret manufacturing build and test flows and provide guidance regarding sequencing based on configuration requirements
• Partner with design teams and integrated testing functions to interpret and coordinate requirements implementation within product structures
• Partner with production teams to interpret and execute build to program requirements
• Provide configuration compliance input to vehicle and launch readiness reviews
• Support manufacturing, launch, and quality engineers to generate reconciliation records for key production milestones and vehicle events; develop and implement process improvements to support reconciliation objectives
• Drive resolution of complex requirement-implementation issues in production systems, favoring scalable fixes over one-off workarounds
• Identify critical product changes and support effectivity of change discussions and implementation; resolve constraints and develop recovery strategies when effectivity of change cannot be implemented as planned
• Act as a technical expert on the product configuration utilized for manufacturing, testing, and operation of integrated products

Skills

Aerospace hardware experience

Configuration management principles

Leadership of teams

Strong communication skills

Travel up to 15%

US citizen or permanent resident

Education

B.S. degree in engineering or B.S./B.A. in other technical field

Tools

MS Office

Windchill

PLM

Manufacturing Execution Systems

SQL

Alteryx

PowerBI

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a seasoned Configuration Management Leader to guide a cross-functional team supporting the New Glenn program. You will drive CM policy, manage milestones and metrics, and ensure software and hardware configuration integrity across complex aerospace systems.

The role emphasizes independent problem solving, enterprise automation, and close collaboration with design, production, and testing teams in a high-stakes launch vehicle environment.