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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 towards 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. As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for managing and leading a team of Manufacturing Engineers dedicated to building, assembling, and integrating major subassemblies for launch vehicles. From a technical aspect, you and your team will be responsible for the translation of engineering intent, drawings, and configurations into operational steps and processes to produce fully functional hardware. This is inclusive of shop-floor work order operational definition as well as process definition and qualification. You will lead your team in identifying, developing, and deploying methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules. You will also support your team in leading DFMA and PFMEA studies to strengthen the feedback loop between design, build, and test and accelerate the pace of product development. As the Team Manager, you will be responsible for working closely with direct reports to develop goals and career paths, and manage roles, responsibilities, and accountability for each team member. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable human 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: Balance priorities across the team of Manufacturing Engineers supporting New Glenn Valves Coordinate and work closely with program managers to meet design, build, and test milestones for launch vehicles Apply robust, consistent, and reliable engineering fundamentals and processes to ensure the highest quality of manufacturing engineering Review and understand companywide processes and command media to ensure proper compliance Develop new advanced manufacturing processes Define how to prepare hardware for test, qualification, and flight Drive research and development hardware into a repeatable production product Identify, develop, and deploy new manufacturing methods (or refine existing) to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build schedule Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the following manufacturing process: receiving inspection, fabrication, assembly, test, integration, and refurbishment Closely manage cost, quality, build sequence, and schedule of hardware and subassemblies throughout the entire manufacturing process *Perform engineering drawing review and drive manufacturability into designs Develop process control measures and evaluation through statistical analysis Define and support repair and rework activities Design, procure, install, and integrate custom manufacturing equipment Interface with external and internal suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure that hardware and equipment is manufactured, processed, packaged, and delivered properly, on time, and on budget Support capacity analysis and evaluate staffing requirements Lead root cause analyses when non-conformances and esca