Spaceflight Engineering Operations Lead II

blueorigin; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 25% of the time

Stock options

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a project coordination professional to support integrated test campaigns for lunar and spaceflight programs. You will help translate engineering scope into actionable plans, maintain schedules, and provide regular status updates to leadership.

The role involves collaborating with technical teams, program management, and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and risk mitigation. On-site work at the Lunar Plant 1 campus is required.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in project coordination, engineering operations, or program support in a technical environment.
• Experience using project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar scheduling and tracking tools.
• Ability to build and maintain project schedules and track progress against milestones.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear status updates for technical and program leadership.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• 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

• Support development and maintenance of integrated test campaign schedules, tracking progress against milestones and flagging risks to leadership.
• Assist technical leads in translating engineering scope into structured work plans, including task identification and resource loading.
• Support week-to-week planning and execution tracking for the system test team and align program plans with day-to-day operations.
• Prepare and communicate regular status updates on cost, schedule, and risk to engineering and program management.
• Identify and elevate schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and execution gaps, and support recovery plans.
• Coordinate across internal teams and customers to support test readiness activities and deliverable tracking.
• Support risk and opportunity identification and help maintain the team's risk register.
• Assist in the development of statements of work and coordination of external services as needed.

Skills

Project coordination

Engineering operations

Communication skills

Inclusion & trust building

Education

BS or MS in engineering related field

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a project coordination professional to support integrated test campaigns for lunar and spaceflight programs. You will help translate engineering scope into actionable plans, maintain schedules, and provide regular status updates to leadership.

The role involves collaborating with technical teams, program management, and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and risk mitigation. On-site work at the Lunar Plant 1 campus is required.