Senior Director, New Glenn Transporter Erector Lead

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, decisive doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety and excellence to drive high operational rate and radically reduce the cost of access to space. The Senior Director, New Glenn Transporter Erector Lead will be the single lead responsible for the development of our next Transporter Erector. As the lead, you will be responsible to deliver the Transporter Erector and will be deeply involved across the lifecycle of the project, from requirements development, architecture trades, engineering design, and development of the Transporter Erector. This senior-level position will lead a team of structural, mechanical, fluids, and other critical subsystem engineers to build a Transporter Erector that is seamlessly integrated across the system and with the vehicle, and with an intense focus on driving extreme simplicity throughout the system and ruthless cost reduction.

This critical position will be filled by a passionate technical leader who drives execution, can deeply manage and engage an immense amount of technical details to spot disconnects and escalations, challenges assumptions, and takes extreme ownership of a project from end-to-end to deliver on commitments (cost, schedule, performance). This position requires exceptional leadership, communications skills, grit, and the ability to execute with speed.

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!

Responsibilities:

• You are the Single Threaded Leader of a cross-functional team accountable for the design, construction, integration, activation, and delivery of the next New Glenn Transporter Erector
• Plan and execute the development through the lifecycle of the project, from early concept to requirements, engineering design, build, and sustainment needs of the Transporter Erector. This Transporter Erector will enable high-rate operational cadence, rapid turnaround, and low-cost infrastructure objectives tied to business strategy
• Model the highest standards for team members, and lead a culture that drives safety, operational excellence, decisiveness, speed, and extreme accountability across your team for project execution
• Create and manage a schedule and cost baseline, manage any deviation from the baseline – first by challenging any scope or complexity growth, and then with precise change management for iterative development with a minimum viable mindset and approach
• Develop a highly-integrated ground system across mechanical, hydraulic, propellant, pneumatic, electrical, controls, and software
• Lead and manage close integration with New Glenn vehicle designers, operational users, and Chief Engineer to ensure a highly integrated system design and build
• Work closely with financial team to develop and maintain project cost controls and accurately forecast resource needs
• Develop detailed plans to ensure successful system activations, verifications, commissioning, and handoff to operational user
• Integrate with Launch Operations, Systems Architecture/Integration, and Facilities teams to ensure operational and technical requirements are achieved
• Lead and oversee system fabrication, with high focus on in-house development and very minimal vendor involvement
• Lead and engage change and risk management processes and system safety products for ground systems
• Develop a clear project plan to ensure ground systems requirements are consistently executed and verification activities are successfully accomplished
• Communicate and enforce operational excellence and mission assurance principles throughout the team
• Develop a comprehensive critical path dependency and gap analysis

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering, or relevant field
• 10+ years of relevant experience managing the development and operations of large-scale ground systems supporting launch vehicles, human rated spacecraft, or commercial aircraft
• 8+ years of recent and relevant experience managing large capital projects or construction management of launch/processing facilities
• Project Management of these systems for successful development, production, transition to operations and maintenance under challenging time and budget constraints
• Substantial experience successfully building, leading, mentoring, and managing a large team in challenging, fast paced environments
• Experience working with mechanical/electrical standards and codes (i.e., ASME, ASCE, IEEE, OSHA)
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at the executive leadership level and the shop floor
• 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.

Desired:

• Design engineering experience within a product development environment
• Experience launching new products from the design phase into development
• Experience with process control monitoring and root cause evaluation
• Experience with large-scale development, construction projects
• Experience in negotiating with regulatory agencies such as USSF, FAA
• Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma processes and implementation
• Project Management of ground support equipment in commercial environments
• Hands-on experience with MS Project/Primavera, budgeting software

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

Inclusivity 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 a diverse, inclusive, and 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.

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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.

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.

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

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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