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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

We are a mission-driven team of collaborators, action-takers, and problem solvers relentlessly committed to a culture of safety and success. Working as an integral part of a passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will directly impact the future of space flight and ensure the progression of building the road to space through reusable rockets. Through dedication and leadership, your influence will help guide your team to define the future of space flight production. In coordinating all aspects of machining flight vehicle components, you will support various spaceflight systems in the production of parts with high value, tight tolerance, and impeccable quality: driving towards on-time delivery and first-article success. This position will directly influence the history of space exploration and will require your unwavering commitment and unfaltering focus toward safe and repeatable spaceflight.

.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!

Responsibilities:

• Must be willing to work off-shifts
• Supervise machine shop personnel in day-to-day operations
• Conduct performance reviews
• Responsible for establishing workstation assignments, employee training, overtime assignments, and back-up for absent employees
• Maintain and communicate machine shop schedule status to ensure meeting customer expectations
• Provide first-level escalation support to employees regarding HR issues (employee relations, worker’s compensation, disciplinary actions, time cards, PTO requests)
• Identifying Continuous Improvement opportunities and implementing change to improve process, reduce cycle and setup times
• Maintain shop measuring equipment calibration program ensuring all relative equipment is calibrated according to schedule
• Maintain all shop programs. These programs include 5S, Lean, Cleaning and Safety
• Ensure all team members follow work instructions, quality requirements, and processes
• Ensure accurate machine shop staff data recording. Namely clock-in/clock-out activities
• Provide continued training and skills development for team members, and mentor early career team member
• Ensure start-up readiness for production
• Maintain machine shop organization, safety and cleanliness
• Support design for manufacturing and provide job planning estimates
• Ability to perform interviews, evaluate talent, and provide hiring recommendations
• Safely work within an industrial environment

Qualifications:

• Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
• 4 years minimum of management experience
• 7 years minimum experience in machining aerospace components
• Root cause and corrective action analysis experience
• Understand the department KPI’s metrics to improve performance
• Excellent blueprint reading skills including GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard
• Strong communication skills with a heavy customer focus
• Must have a continuous improvement mindset
• Clear understanding of production versus development environments
• Fluent in the use of precision hand tools
• Familiar with the use of personal computers
• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize projects to meet completion dates
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully ad
• Admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired:

• Experience machining nickel-based stainless steel alloys, copper, titanium
• Tooling and fixture design
• 5S, Lean Manufacturing, or Kaizen experience
• Knowledge of CAD/CAM tools
• Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight-critical hardware
• Knowledge and understanding of CMM programming/operation
• Outside processing knowledge (heat treating, plating, coating, EDM, grinding, etc.)
• Experience machining tight tolerance, high-value components

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include:  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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

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Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].

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