Senior Technical Project Manager, Lunar Space Programs

Blue Origin LLC; United States; Sur place; USD 130 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Résumé du poste

Blue Origin seeks a technically grounded business planning professional to support lunar transportation programs, sitting at the intersection of systems engineering, program controls, and strategic business analysis. This role requires translating scope into credible cost, schedule, and business cases for long-range planning.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional projects, define baselines, drive trade studies, and develop bottoms-up cost estimates and forecasts across lunar production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related technical discipline.
• Experience leading technical projects end-to-end in aerospace or defense.
• Experience developing cost estimates and BOEs for hardware programs.
• Experience analyzing cost and schedule performance metrics including EVM.
• Strong proficiency in Excel-based modeling; familiarity with planning tools.

Responsabilités

• Lead cross-functional technical projects from initiation through closeout, owning scope, schedule, and delivery accountability.
• Define baselines (WBS, SOW, acceptance criteria) for technical projects.
• Facilitate trade studies, design reviews, and engineering assessments with cost/schedule input.
• Serve as primary liaison between engineering, program leadership, and customers.
• Identify and resolve technical and resource conflicts; escalate with solutions.
• Develop project documentation: plans, risk assessments, interface control documents.
• Mentor junior team members on integrating engineering rigor with program management.
• Develop bottoms-up cost estimates, BOEs, and should-cost models for lunar vehicle production and operations.
• Translate engineering scope into structured cost and labor models; support proposals.
• Conduct baseline analysis across CLINs and configurations to identify cost drivers and risks.
• Maintain assumptions and traceability linking decisions to business impact.
• Analyze cost/schedule performance metrics and forecast completion.
• Develop multi-year cost forecasts; track KPIs for throughput and efficiency.
• Support IBRs, AOP, and LRP with data-driven inputs; scenario modeling.
• Create resource-loaded schedules linking workforce, production rates, and financials.
• Translate hardware progress into financial performance indicators for leadership.

Connaissances

Mechanical engineering foundation

Cross-functional leadership

Cost estimation

EVM & forecasting

Excel modeling

Project planning tools

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline

Outils

MS Project

Deltek

Description du poste

Blue Origin seeks a technically grounded business planning professional to support lunar transportation programs, sitting at the intersection of systems engineering, program controls, and strategic business analysis. This role requires translating scope into credible cost, schedule, and business cases for long-range planning.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional projects, define baselines, drive trade studies, and develop bottoms-up cost estimates and forecasts across lunar production