Director- Manufacturing Quality Assurance

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 Blue Origin Operations, which includes Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance, supporting manufacturing and supply chain across all Blue Origin facilities. The Director, Quality Assurance will lead the Cape Canaveral, Florida quality team, set the vision, drive continuous improvement, and partner with cross‑functional leaders to ensure program success.

• Lead and mentor Quality Assurance staff at the Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin sites
• Drive quality products throughout the organization by maintaining a culture that emphasizes accountability, structure, and attention to detail at all levels
• Delivery of business/program Quality commitments across manufacturing operations
• Work with leadership to identify, lead, and develop the quality actions vital to ensuring program success and meeting contractual promises
• Identify and mitigate quality risks, demonstrating ownership and teamwork to develop operable solutions and maintain an elite quality system
• Collaborate with external customers on quality related concerns and participate in customer quality investigations to resolve preventable actions
• Evaluate customer requirements, perform initial program planning, identify approach for any niche requirements
• Implement engineering design reviews and make recommendations to improve the quality and manufacturability of new designs
• Lead all aspects of the Blue Origin Quality Management System compliance, integration and improvements including interface and coordination with 3rd Party certification bodies
• Execute health assessment process methodologies and perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system, maintaining compliance with company and identified industry standards
• Lead Quality Assurance business objectives: prepares budgets, analyzes variances, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and leads/mentors teams through robust RCCA when required

• Occasional travel (