Thruster Assembly Manufacturing Engineer II

blueorigin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Huntsville, AL is expanding a new thruster manufacturing line. You will join a manufacturing engineering team responsible for creating instructions across the full fabrication pipeline, optimizing quality and throughput while interfacing with suppliers and internal teams.

You will apply technical leadership and a commitment to quality to advance safe spaceflight, with opportunities to design equipment, analyze capacity, and support repairs throughout the build and test cycle.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct manufacturing and manufacturing engineering experience.
• BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team with evolving design iterations.
• Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing.
• Familiarity with lean systems and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing work instructions across receiving inspection, fabrication, assembly, test, integration, and refurbishment.
• Manage cost, quality, build sequence, and schedule of hardware throughout the process.
• Perform engineering drawing review and approve for manufacturing.
• Develop process control measures and evaluate via statistical analysis.
• Define and support repair and rework activities.
• Design, procure, install, and integrate custom manufacturing equipment.
• Interface with external suppliers to ensure proper manufacturing, packaging and on-time delivery.
• Perform capacity analysis for equipment and processes.
• Conduct root cause analyses and deploy corrective actions.
• Design material handling and packaging to protect hardware.
• Maintain hardware configuration and pedigree through build and test.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Engineering fundamentals

Lean methods

Communication

Organizational skills

Root cause analysis

Education

BS in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CAD software (Creo/NX/CATIA)

Job description

Blue Origin in Huntsville, AL is expanding a new thruster manufacturing line. You will join a manufacturing engineering team responsible for creating instructions across the full fabrication pipeline, optimizing quality and throughput while interfacing with suppliers and internal teams.

You will apply technical leadership and a commitment to quality to advance safe spaceflight, with opportunities to design equipment, analyze capacity, and support repairs throughout the build and test cycle.