Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Technology & Vendor Management DFX Engineer

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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.

Blue Origin's Emerging Systems business unit is building

TeraWave, a satellite communications constellation powered by the most advanced optical communications architecture ever attempted: thousands of optically interconnected satellites delivering symmetrical data speeds of up to 6

Tbpsanywhere on Earth, providing enterprise and hyperscale customers with resilient, scalable connectivity for critical operations where terrestrial infrastructure cannot reach.

As a Senior Manufacturing Technology & Vendor Management DFX Engineer, you will own the end-to-end manufacturing technology evaluation and supplier/vendor integration forTeraWaveproduction — bridging emerging manufacturing technologies, external supplier capabilities, and volume production readiness. As a foundational element ofTeraWaveoperations, hardware must leverage manufacturing technologies and supplier partnerships architected not only for capability but for manufacturability, testability, reliability, and serviceability at constellation scale.

This is a hands‑on role for an engineer who has evaluated, qualified, and scaled manufacturing technologies and managed supplier relationships in fast-moving, high-volume manufacturing environments and wants to apply that experience to hardwareoperatingat orbital scale.

• Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

• Travel:
  Up to 50%.

• Lead evaluation and adoption of manufacturing technologies for satellite modules and subsystems: advanced processes, tooling, automation, and new equipment capabilities that enable constellation-scale production.

• Own vendor and supplier management for manufacturing — including capability assessment, qualification, process transfer, and integration workflows — to ensure robust, repeatable external production.

• Manage supplier BOM and capacity coordination, technology roadmap alignment, vendor performance oversight, and production line integration.

• Drive supplier first-article inspection, process validation, technology qualification, and manufacturing readiness reviews to support production ramp.

• Drive Design for Excellence (DFX) principles — DFM, DFT, DFA, DFR, and DFS — across the full manufacturing technology and vendor management lifecycle to ensure hardware scales from prototype through volume production forTeraWaveoperations.

• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Evaluate and align manufacturing technologies and supplier capabilities with product design to maximize yield and minimize cost at constellation‑scale production volumes.

• Design for Test (DFT): Ensure supplier and technology processes integrate test, inspection, and data capture to enable efficient factory acceptance and in‑field diagnostics.

• Design for Assembly (DFA): Leverage manufacturing technologies and supplier processes to simplify assembly, reduce part count, and reduce cycle time, rework, and error rates on the line.

• Design for Reliability (DFR): Apply technology and supplier process FMEA, qualification testing, and reliability prediction to ensure consistent,…