Chief Engineer- Lunar Core Components

Chief Engineer—Lunar Core Components

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed. The role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

In this role, you will be accountable for the technical direction to the cognizant engineers of components used in the Lunar programs to meet the vehicle and mission needs. The position is within the Enterprise Engineering organization reporting to the Lead Chief Engineer for Space & Lunar Systems. You will be an integral member of the Lunar Permanence Core Components engineering team and work directly with the product leads to oversee design, development, and integration & test of many components.

You will also guide and ensure that your products are continuing our technology development roadmap and leveraging common solutions where possible.

• As a Chief Engineer, you will be accountable for the technical integrity and technical baseline of the programs you support. You will act as the independent technical authority for component development providing assessments of requirements, design, risks, and schedule with the Program Managers and product owners. Your products will need to be effective to the different customers and missions and you will need to be able to help find solutions that meet the mission.
• You will identify gaps between requirements, design, manufacturing, operations, and facility solutions with project teams on practical solutions across the life cycle. Assess and disposition aggregate technical risks across programs and technology development projects. Assess and approve technical completion and compliance at major program and element technical reviews. Oversee successful production and delivery of your products.
• You will provide engineering leadership and mentoring to coordinate design, analysis, and systems engineering processes throughout development, verification, delivery, and operation. Provide independent review of corrective actions for major failures at the program/product level and work with functional managers in addressing systemic issues. Facilitate technical trades and advise teams on solutions for flight and ground architectures.
• Collaborate with program and company leadership to define and assess technology road‑map alignment product needs and industry developments. Collaborate with other members to assess and implement engineering process health and compliance with standards for the program.
• Represent the company and project with key customers and partners. Coordinate with other Chief Engineers to guide activities internally and across multi‑element teams to tackle complex problems.
• We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to support our customers’ critical missions. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Minimum of a B.S. in an engineering‑related field.
• A minimum of 15 years of advanced spacecraft design, development, and analysis experience is required.
• Proven experience as a Chief Engineer on spacecraft and spacecraft component development programs.
• Experience in full life‑cycle development of spacecraft flight systems, including integration & test, launch and mission operations support.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting multiple complete flight systems or systems of high complexity.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven track record to operate with cohesive and effective teams and drive rapid decision making within those teams.
• Experience with development in mission and safety‑critical environments.
• Leadership experience in a space development environment.
• Experience with Design for manufacturing / cost.
• Ability to travel and/or temporary duty in…