Lunar Mechanisms Manager

1 day ago

Merritt Island, Florida, United States Blue Origin Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Lunar Mechanisms Manager to join our team at Blue Origin. As a key member of our Lunar Transportation business unit, you will be responsible for the technical performance, flight certification, and hardware delivery of all components in a specific subsystem for our lunar lander vehicles.

Key Responsibilities
  • Direct a technical team to design, analyze, test, and deliver mass-efficient mechanisms that meet mission objectives, satisfy requirements, and comply with intra-vehicle interfaces.
  • Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team.
  • Develop technical plans to meet deliverables on an aggressive schedule.
  • Develop hardware verification and certification plans to develop safe and reliable hardware with sufficient documentation.
  • Perform technical leadership and make data-informed executive decisions on mechanisms-related topics across the vehicle portfolio.
  • Coordinate between vehicles and support organizations to ensure consistent design and analysis practices are being utilized where feasible.
  • Identify and execute key areas to perform hardware prototyping and testing to fail fast and early.
  • Lead mechanisms hardware reviews.
  • Utilize good engineering to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered.
Requirements
  • B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, other) or equivalent.
  • Experience in managing flight hardware products from cradle to grave.
  • Experience in creating statements of work, hardware specifications, and managing subcontracts.
  • Experience in fundamental, hand calculation, structural analysis, and finite element analysis techniques.
  • Experience in metallic materials.
  • Experience in mechanical system model creation.
  • Experience in mechanical system design and design for manufacturability.
  • Experience with electromechanical actuators, motors, and controllers.
  • Experience in hardware testing and instrumentation.
  • Experience in documentation, design, and analysis artifact configuration control.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary development projects, including managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, and cost.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred Qualifications
  • M.S. in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, other) or equivalent.
  • Experience designing mechanisms for in-space applications such as hatches, thrust vector controls, gimbals, and HDRMs.
What We Offer

We offer a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $167,088.00-$233,923.20, depending on location. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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