Supplier Development & Qualification Engineer III, Avionics, Communications & Solar

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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. 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.

As a Supplier Development & Qualification Engineer at Blue Origin, you will build and execute the technical programs that transform our supply base from reactive to ready. This role owns the avionics, communications, and solar commodity portfolio — GNC units, GPS receivers, antennas, transponders, RF assemblies, and solar arrays flying on Blue Ring and our satellite programs. Working directly with suppliers, you will lead qualification activities across Blue Origin's four-gate pathway — from initial capability survey through first article approval and rate readiness — initiating qualifications ahead of demand so that schedule risk never begins at the supplier.

You will design and run development programs with our most critical suppliers, including design-to-manufacture workshops and yield and capacity improvement initiatives — driving measurable improvements in quality, delivery, and technical maturity. Because this portfolio is growing quickly, you will also expand the qualified base behind it — bringing on new sources and maturing the criteria and standard work that let us qualify them faster as these programs scale.

This is a field-forward role: you will be on-site with suppliers regularly, owning the qualification outcome. This position will have a direct impact on the history of space exploration, requiring your unwavering commitment to safe and repeatable spaceflight. Blue Origin's production ambitions depend on a supply base that is qualified, capable, and continuously improving — and this role is at the center of building that foundation from scratch.

By standing up Blue Origin's first dedicated Supplier Development and Qualification function, you will help realize our vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

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

• Own technical onboarding and qualification of suppliers across the four-gate pathway, from capability survey through first article approval and rate readiness
• Build onboarding and qualification plans with clear milestones, acceptance gates, and go/no-go criteria; initiate qualifications ahead of demand
• Conduct facility and technical capability assessments; evaluate process control, test capability, workforce competency, and ability to scale to rate
• Review supplier qualification and acceptance data — qualification test reports, Acceptance Test Procedures, end-item data packages, and as-built/as-tested configuration records — and disposition findings against Blue's requirements
• Assess qualification by similarity, flight heritage, and delta-qualification needs when a supplier's existing product is applied to a new Blue application
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