Production Engineer III

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 part of a hardworking team of specialists and engineers, you will support 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 space, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human‑capable. You will be responsible for managing the New Glenn avionics product lifecycle, including product development and qualification, new product introduction (NPI), sustaining production, and avionics test support.

This position closely resembles a Technical Project Manager role, with an emphasis on production engineering and the complete avionics hardware lifecycle. You will work closely with Integrated Product Team leadership, internal operations teams, Supply Chain, and external manufacturing partners to mature products for production and deliver hardware within schedule and budget.

• Travel expected up to 20% of the time

• Partner with Integrated Product Team leadership to integrate product concepts and requirements, manage manufacturing design artifacts, and align product execution with program technical and business objectives.
• Lead avionics product development and new product introduction (NPI) activities through planning, execution, performance monitoring, gated reviews, production transition, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end, logic‑linked product schedules covering dependencies, critical paths, phase transitions, and alignment with the integrated master schedule.
• Define production strategies and priorities that align supplier execution, procurement, internal assembly, testing, integration, and hardware demand with program requirements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, integration, operations, and Supply Chain teams to develop and release statements of work (SOWs), specifications, Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs), End Item Data Packages (EIDPs), and other production artifacts.
• Plan and coordinate hardware procurement, long‑lead and test hardware orders, budgets, delivery schedules, and qualification activities with contract manufacturers, test facilities, and internal teams.
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity, cost, quality, and delivery execution; serve as a primary technical point of contact; address risks and bottlenecks; and incorporate design‑for‑manufacturability and design‑for‑test feedback.
• Support make‑versus‑buy analyses, should‑cost assessments, competitive sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and supplier relationship management to improve cost, schedule, capacity, and quality.
• Manage product scope changes, deviations, nonconformances, engineering change requests, failure documentation, cross‑functional actions, risks, and schedule adjustments to support uninterrupted hardware delivery.
• Lead process improvements and documented handoffs to Supply Chain and Operations, including production and inventory reporting, workflow optimization, command…