Blue Origin LLC Hiring for Technical Project Manager Sr at Seattle, Washington Full Time

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will lead a team responsible for the assembly and test of the next generation New Shepard human spaceflight system. You will provide technical, programmatic and financial leadership and resolve of issues to enable rapid progress. We put a strong emphasis on hands-on technical ability, as our leaders are directly involved with projects and problem-solving and manage through active engagement with the team. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight!
As a Technical Project Manager (TPM) on the System Design, Assembly, and Test (SDAT) multi-functional team you will take part in packaging, integrating, assembling and testing a vehicle/element configuration that meets requirements.
TPM has responsibility for scope, budget and schedule for the configuration, assembly and integrated test of the vehicle. They are responsible for element-specific product structure architecture and implementation of the product structure. You will assess and drive compliance to the standards and processes for design, standard parts, configuration control and packaging of the vehicle. You will own compliance to external interface definition with other elements and will be responsible for the management of internal interfaces and for inter-module level interface definition and integration.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Qualifications:
8+ years relevant industry experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations or maintenance
B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering; physics; or other major requiring engineering or manufacturing core courses
Experience with design, assembly, operations and maintenance of a vehicle or similar system involving the integration of multiple electrical and/or mechanical subsystems
Knowledge of systems engineering practices, fabrication, integration processes, quality and configuration management systems
Experience with planning, scheduling tools, Basis of Estimate, Work Breakdown Structure, Integrated Master Schedule, Critical Path Analysis, Material Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, Earned Value Management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to earn trust and build positive, professional and inclusive relationships
Able to set a high bar while hiring, developing and retaining top talent
Passionate about space exploration and a future with millions of people living and working in space
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
Desired:
12+ years’ proven experience working on aerospace development programs or production lines
Successful experience leading a medium program with at least $25M annual budget 50+ people
Experience with design, assembly, operations and maintenance of launch vehicles across a range of launch vehicle subsystems including avionics, fluids, mechanical and software
Project Management certification (PMP/Certified Project Manager) or Program Management Office (PMO) experience
Experience with Oracle Primavera P6, DOORS, CREO, Windchill, ITS
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