Senior Manager, Glenn Product Configuration

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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 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.

• 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.
• 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 software configuration items are identified, baselined, and controlled alongside hardware
• Interpret manufacturing build and test flows and provide guidance regarding sequencing based on configuration requirements
• Partner with design teams and integrated testing functions to interpret and coordinate requirements implementation within product structures
• Partner with production teams to interpret and execute build to program requirements
• Provide configuration compliance input to vehicle and launch readiness reviews
• Support manufacturing, launch, and quality engineers to generate reconciliation records for key production milestones and vehicle events; develop and implement process improvements to support reconciliation objectives
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