Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Space Systems Development
Company: Blue Origin
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 12, 2024
Job Description:
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!This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is
comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Facilities, and Security.
This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all
Blue Origin facilities. This position is supporting the Space
Systems Development (SSD) business unit. SSD develops
next-generation concepts and systems to advance our future of
living and working in space sustainably.We are a diverse team of
collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly
committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly
impact the history of space exploration and will require your
commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable space
flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and
enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and
working in space to benefit Earth. If you share our passions and
vision, thrive in a dynamic startup environment, excel on
integrated cross-functional teams of diverse individuals, are
experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies (even if
perhaps not in the aerospace industry), continuously seek out
opportunities to learn and improve, and do not allow title or job
description to limit the depth or breadth of your contributions,
then we would love to hear from you. 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!As a Manufacturing Engineer, you
will translate engineering intent, drawings, and configurations
into fully functional hardware ready for test, qualification, and
flight. As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and
specialists, you will be responsible forsupporting the Space
Systems Development business unit, including:
- Create build & flow documents
- Identify tooling needs required for production
- Create manufacturing BOMs
- Author work instructions
- Perform engineering drawing review and provide final approval
for manufacturing
- Ensure build readiness
- Provide shipside/lineside support working directly with flight
hardware
- Participate in anomaly investigations, root cause/corrective
action analyses, and development/implantation of recovery
plans
- Non-conformance report (NCR) generation, management, &
closureQualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing,
Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering or related fields.
- Experience with aircraft, spacecraft, launch vehicle
structures, automotive or similar.
- Extensive experience in a manufacturing engineering capacity in
one or more of the following areas: Harnesses, Avionics, GN&C,
or Test.
- Direct hands-on experience with complex commercial or aerospace
electronic assemblies (designing custom cards or integrating COTS
hardware).
- Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital and
mixed-signal circuit analysis, simulation, design, test, debug,
signal integrity, power, grounding and general board layout
principles.
- Familiar with design, development and verification of complex
computational devices (combinational and sequential logic) to
monitor sensors and control actuators
- Extensive experience with new product development.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers with less experience
- Demonstrated ownership in your area of responsibility.
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical
design and manufacturing, including working knowledge of
GD&T.
- Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD,
Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).
- Ability to develop processes compliant with industry quality
systems such as AS9100.
- Customer focused with a proven ability to work cooperatively
with teams of diverse skills across large geographic
distances.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional
relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- Ability to support scheduled work shift (we may rotate shifts
occasionally) and work off-shift (2nd or 3rd shifts), extended
hours, and weekends if/when vital.
- 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.Must be physically able to:
- Support production floor activities.
- Climb stairs and work in small areas.
- Lift and carry 40 lbs.Desired:
- Master's Degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems,
or similar) from an accredited college or university Extensive
experience in New Product Development
- Extensive experience identifying tooling needs for
production
- Proficient in writing work instructions at a high pace
- 10-12+ years manufacturing engineering experience.
- Demonstrated expertise designing high-reliability,
safety-critical, Class 2/3 board assemblies; including familiarity
with IPC 6xx and NASA-STD-8739.n (or similar) standards.
- Proficiency using Altium/Cadence OrCAD / Allegro (or similar
tools) to design complex aerospace boards; and experience working
with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors.
- Proficiency with scripting; programming and analysis/modeling
tools: Python, Linux/Windows shell scripting; assembly language, C,
C++; MATLAB / Simulink / SPICE (or similar).
- Exposure to analog and digital filters, signal conditioning and
signal processing using discrete components.
- Exposure to designing safety or mission critical aerospace
flight hardware compliant with DO-254.
- Exposure to development of high-reliability,
radiation-tolerant, radiation-hardened flight hardware intended for
prolonged exposure to extreme space environments.Compensation Range
for:WA applicants is $126,201.00-$176,681.40Other site ranges may
differApplications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the
requisition is closed.Inclusivity StatementDon'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.Export Control RegulationsApplicants 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.BenefitsBenefits 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.Equal Employment OpportunityBlue
Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing
a highly qualified, diverse, 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, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the
diversity of individual team members. 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, gender, 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 "EEO Is the Law," please see .Affirmative
Action and Disability AccommodationApplicants wishing to receive
information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or
applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to
participate in the application and/or interview process, please
contact us at.California Applicant Privacy NoticeIf you are a
California resident, please reference the CA Applicant Privacy
Notice .
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