Senior System Engineer – Cross‑Team Lead for Spaceflight

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned program manager to drive the New Glenn 9x4 GS1 forward module, coordinating test campaigns across sites and managing internal and external stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, safety, operations, launch, maintenance, and IT.

You will break down large projects, develop schedules and documentation to meet complex integration requirements, while balancing business needs with technical constraints. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience working directly with software engineering teams.
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• 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

• Coordinate design, development, testing and deployment of features into production across multiple technical teams.
• Create and track project milestones, risks and dependencies, and describe, own and prioritize all technical requirements associated with delivery.
• Dive deep into design details of systems, especially customer interfaces and dependencies.
• Oversee implementation plans across teams and report progress against technical milestones to stakeholders.
• Write effective narratives, program updates, and present them to stakeholders and management.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned program manager to drive the New Glenn 9x4 GS1 forward module, coordinating test campaigns across sites and managing internal and external stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, safety, operations, launch, maintenance, and IT.

You will break down large projects, develop schedules and documentation to meet complex integration requirements, while balancing business needs with technical constraints. Strong leadership and communication are essential.