Spacecraft Configuration Lead - Sustaining Eng

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced engineer to lead configuration management for the New Glenn program. You will own cross‑subsystem configuration baselines and drive changes across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical areas to ensure coherent, mission‑ready designs.

You will manage ECRs, interface definitions, and baselines, while guiding teams through design reviews and integration milestones.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering and at least 5+ years of experience in aircraft or spacecraft mechanical design, configuration, and layout engineering.
• Demonstrated design configuration control experience on recently developed products and equipment used in oil/gas, aircraft, or launch vehicles from early trade studies through final design, and into manufacturing and test.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills and experience working in a highly integrated cross‑functional team environment.
• Strong design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software and visualization tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of scheduling and planning principles and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated product team (IPT) to define configuration baselines for vehicle design changes, modifications, and variants.
• Own the integrated configuration across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical subsystems, ensuring a coherent vehicle‑level design solution.
• Drive development and flow‑down of configuration‑related requirements and support verification planning for design changes.
• Lead cross‑functional trade studies and impact assessments for proposed configuration changes and design options.
• Coordinate and communicate configuration and design changes across affected subsystems, resolving conflicts and dependencies.

Skills

Interpersonal & teamwork

3-D CAD design

Scheduling & planning

Education

B.S. in engineering

M.S. in engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

Windchill

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced engineer to lead configuration management for the New Glenn program. You will own cross‑subsystem configuration baselines and drive changes across structural, mechanical, fluids, and electrical areas to ensure coherent, mission‑ready designs.

You will manage ECRs, interface definitions, and baselines, while guiding teams through design reviews and integration milestones.