Director, Vehicle Engineering MKCrew Lander

Position: Director, Vehicle Engineering MK2 Crew Lander
Application close date

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Overview

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 the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Manage the people of the Vehicle Engineering organization, fostering career development and raising the bar of performance through a focus on strategic planning, high quality decisions, collaboration, communication, and trust.

• Define and control the technical baseline for the Crew Lander that satisfies requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and risk.

• Manage the Crew Lander configuration baseline including the vehicle CAD model, BOM, and mass properties.

• Manage requirement and interface definition, validation, and control.

• Lead integrated analysis including the identification, evaluation, and tracking of key technical performance measures.

• Manage the system safety definition and analysis across the vehicle.

• Manage the definition and execution of verification, validation, and certification for the Crew Lander.

• Establish tools and best practices for System Engineering and Integration, including training and mentoring, to foster a culture of system thinking at all levels of the organization.

• Implement agile project management for the Vehicle Engineering team establishing iterative and incremental deliverables required to support integrated vehicle goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience effectively managing People, including fostering a culture of action, accountability, coaching, and development.

• Demonstrated experience leading integrated technical teams to deliver complex systems or subsystems in dynamic environments while balancing technical performance, cost, schedule, and risk.

• Deep technical knowledge of in-space vehicle systems, including key performance drivers, subsystems, and the fundamental physics of operating a vehicle in space.

• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in applied System Engineering and Integration, including functional analysis, requirements, analysis integration, verification and validation, and risk management.

• 10+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups with responsibility for leading and coaching employees.

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of integrity.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering, computing, or another technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the full lifecycle of development across one or more space missions.

• Experience performing at least one system-level V&V campaign for a space system.

• Experience with space vehicle mission operations.

• Experience with CAD configuration and proficiency with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and CAD tools including Windchill/Creo.

• Experience with Model Based Definition (MBD).

• Experience with AI agents and use of Large Language Models.

• Experience applying Model Based System Engineering approaches and tools.

• Experience with human spaceflight systems, safety analysis, and certification.

• Experience with non-traditional approaches to System Engineering and Integration.

• Experience organizing and leading a system engineering team.

• Experience with mass properties and technical resource management.

• Experience implementing a gile project management approaches.

• Knowledge of Configuration and Data Management processes and standards including Software CM methods and tools (e.g., Gitlab).

• Knowledge of project…