Senior Manager, Glenn Product Configuration

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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single‑configuration, heavy‑lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low‑Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond.

Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human‑capable.

As Manager of the New Glenn Vehicle Product Configuration team, you will lead a team of product configuration engineers working at the intersection of configuration management, systems engineering, production, and vehicle operations to ensure product configuration and engineering requirements are managed and implemented throughout the vehicle lifecycle. You will serve as a discipline lead—owning policies, processes, tools, and training—while ensuring configuration management rigor is maintained across all phases of the product lifecycle for both software and hardware systems.

You will be at the partner across engineering, quality, and mission assurance, building and sustaining the rigorous configuration baselines that our mission depends on.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Lead and manage a team of Configuration and Development Engineers; responsible for hiring, performance reviews, compensation management, and career development Recruit, hire, and mentor a team; embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin Leadership Principles Serve as a trusted partner to cross‑functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, software quality assurance, and Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), embedding configuration management best practices into every phase of program activities Strategy and Compliance Define, own, and continuously improve Product Configuration Management policies, processes, and best practices for New Glenn that can be implemented across the enterprise Define and manage program‑level Product Configuration policies and processes and tailoring while maintaining compliance with company procedures and processes Actively contribute to program milestone reviews—including design reviews, test reviews, and production readiness reviews—ensuring product configuration management considerations are thoroughly addressed and documented Establish and report product configuration management metrics and status to program leadership Work independently toward long‑range objectives and determine the approach to solutions without appreciable direction Work with Enterprise Technology to define, develop, and implement automation for Product Configuration processes and tools.

Product Configuration Management Coordinate the team to maintain alignment of complex design, production, and in‑operation product structures for integrated modules of the New Glenn Launch Vehicle Own configuration status accounting, providing accurate, timely visibility into product configuration and change implementation status Provide configuration evidence for customer certification and audits (e.g., NSSL, NASA) and resolve related findings Provide expert guidance for the implementation of product variant and effectivity methodologies for New Glenn products across all product structures Support technical inquiries from US Government partners including DCR, TIM, and joint handling plan resolution on product configuration topics.

Manage per‑vehicle configuration across reflight and refurbishment of reusable hardware Ensure effectivity of…