Engineer - Quality

Application close date:
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.

We are a 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 towards 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.

In this role, you will establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in a production environment.

• Establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments
• Measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals
• Review and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records
• Perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100
• Participate in engineering design reviews and make recommendations to improve the quality and manufacturability of new designs
• Recommend and improve initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality
• Provide quality assurance domain expertise to inspection, manufacturing, and test for the Manufacturing team
• Collaborate with internal and external customers on quality related concerns; develop and present training materials to build quality awareness

• Minimum of a B.S. in engineering or equivalent STEM degree with 3+ Years of relevant experience.
• Quality assurance experience in production environment.
• Aerospace, space launch, military/commercial aviation preferred.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO
  9001 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs.
• Proficient in the fundamentals of GD&T.
• 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.

• Demonstrated experience using data query and scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python) for data mining, statistical analysis, and automation of quality engineering tasks.
• Familiarity with large-scale data platforms and experience applying AI-powered assistants to engineering and data analysis problems.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as Machining, Welding, NDT, Sub-assembly and Final assembly and Test.
• Knowledge of Nonconforming and MRB process.
• Knowledge in Causal Analysis tools, including cause & effect diagrams, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), 5-why, fault tree analysis, etc.
• Quality assurance experience in a rocket engine production environment.
• Relevant experience in transitioning a product from development, through production to operations.
• QMS audit experience and quality performance measurement analysis capabilities.
• Six Sigma Green, Black Belt, or comparable certification.

Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $91,852.00 - $.

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