Sr Program Manager

blueorigin; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Product Integration Lead to align engineering, test, and operations for a seamless manufacturing flow and timely delivery. You will drive cross-functional product integration across development, production and maintenance with a focus on minimizing lead times and costs.

Lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure smooth transitions from design to operations on high‑stakes spaceflight hardware.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses.
• 5-7 years of experience designing, developing or supporting complex engineered products.
• 2+ years of project management or system integration experience.
• Experience leading and coordinating small teams on fast-paced hardware projects.
• Proven ability to build trusted working relationships and deliver results.
• Experience with core project management: scheduling, budgeting, variance tracking, reporting to leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with teams of varying sizes.

Responsibilities

• Manage integrated product lifecycle across development, production and maintenance stages.
• Oversee tasks, deliverables, budget and schedule for manufacturing readiness and maturation.
• Ensure smooth transition from development into operations.
• Coordinate across design, manufacturing, test engineering, supply chain and operations for successful product integration.
• Make informed operational decisions to optimize manufacturing performance and timelines.
• Provide engineering direction on off-nominal and discrepant situations to keep production moving.
• Own vertical integration strategies and report progress, risks, and recovery plans to leadership.
• Lead optimization activities to reduce unit lead time and cost to lower space access costs.
• Mitigate risks and impacts to achieve project objectives.
• Collaborate to deliver verification artifacts to transfer rocket into operational service.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP/MES/PLM Systems

EVMS

PMP

Lean/6 Sigma

Job description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

We are seeking a highly skilled Product Integration Lead to join our Fabrication team. The selected candidate will have the broad responsibility for directing product integration activities, ensuring seamless coordination across engineering, test, and operation functions to drive an optimized manufacturing flow and timely delivery to integration. While this role is an individual contributor position, the influence of the role is significant requiring both technical and personnel leadership to provide the high-level direction to the team to deliver the integrated vehicle.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage integrated product lifecycle throughout key stages in product development, production and maintenance.


• Oversee operational tasking, deliverables, budget and schedule associated with manufacturing readiness and manufacturing maturation


• Ensure a smooth transition from development into operations


• Liaise and facilitate the efforts of a broad multi-functional group including design, manufacturing, and test engineering as well as supply chain and other operations teams to enable successful product integration.


• Broad accountability to make informed decisions regarding operational changes and schedule to optimize manufacturing performance and meet project timelines.


• Triage and provide engineering direction on off nominal and discrepant situations to optimize manufacturability and enable production to move forward.


• Take ownership of vertical integration strategies across multiple products, including reporting progress and challenges to leadership, recovery planning and continuous improvement of execution.


• Manage optimization activities to decrease unit lead time and cost to radically reduce the cost of access to space.


• Mitigate risks and manage impacts to ensure project objectives are achieved.


• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to deliver the required verification artifacts at completion of build to successfully transfer the rocket into operational service.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses


• 5-7 years of experience in designing/developing/supporting complex engineered products.


• 2+ years of project management or system integration experience.


• Enjoy leading and participating in highly collaborative efforts and a desire to lead and manage small teams on a fast-paced hardware and flight projects


• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results


• Demonstrated experience with core project management skills including with logic-linked scheduling, budget and schedule variance tracking and reporting project status to leadership


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience with communicating with teams of varying sizes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with budget and Cost Account Management such as EVM


• Experience with risk management, configuration management, requirements management


• Experience in developing program plans, budgets, and schedules


• Knowledge of ERP, MRP, MES, PLM Systems; Knowledge of Proposal/BOE


• Experience in engineering and production environments


• Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance systems


• EVMS and PMP Certified


• Lean/ 6 Sigma Trained


• Demonstrates reliability, flexibility, initiative and is a self-starter; has strong time management and organizational skills


• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check


• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation


• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.


• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.


• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)


• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.


• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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