Manufacturing Engineering Planner

Manufacturing Planner

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 is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers and specialists, you will be responsible for supporting the New Glenn sub-assembly processes. New Glenn is a single configuration heavy lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. As a Manufacturing Planner, you will translate engineering intent, drawings, and configurations into fully functional hardware ready for test, qualification, and flight. Throughout the manufacturing process, you will also identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules. You will create, interpret, and modify work instructions and routings to convey procedures to technicians and trigger material planning.

If you share our passions and vision, excel on integrated cross-functional teams, are experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies, continuously seek out opportunities to learn and improve, and do not allow title or job description to limit the depth or breadth of your contributions, then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions:

• Relocation provided
• Interviews will include a technical assessment

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Apply knowledge of aerospace manufacturing through the maintenance of the design and configuration integrity of complex components, subassemblies and installations.
• Perform hands-on engineering and liaison role between our design team, our test team, our operations team, and our customers.
• Drive producibility excellence into product designs – Lead efforts to identify, develop, and deploy designs and methodologies that improve operational excellence through work instructions, quality, cost, design, and process enhancements.
• Support the manufacturing floor in assembly, compliance to engineering requirements, discrepancy resolution, and component acceptance testing.
• Support and investigate root cause of discrepancies and take ownership of implementation of preventative/corrective action.
• Support the product through initial design release and operational gated reviews by evaluating and aiding in the development of required artifacts.
• Apply knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, and materials into part and build plan development. Authorize in-build redlines and recommend changes to improve the design.
• Work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the development and production phases of the product lifecycle.
• Strong coordination and project management skills to track, manage, and prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks.
• Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Should have a minimum of an associate degree or graduated a trade school in a technical field or related discipline, and 3 or more years of related work experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1+ years of relevant coating manufacturing experience. Hardware and chemical manufacturing experience with fluid systems and mechanical systems, including but not limited to assembly, integration, instrumentation, cleaning processes, non-destructive testing, machining, welding, surface coatings, harness/cable routings, or composite structures.
• Working knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering processes and procedures, including planning systems. Experience working to manufacturing plans and schedules.
• Understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing including working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years of experience developing manufacturing plans and schedules
• Familiarity implementing new or improved tooling to aid manufacture, assembly, and acceptance testing.
• Experience utilizing 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E & Catia preferred)