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Blue Origin LLC Senior Process Development Engineer Composites - New Glenn in Seattle, Washington
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. This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-liftorbital launch vehicle capable ofroutinelycarrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar,and beyond.Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designedfrom the beginningto be human-capable. As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and specialists, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the New Glenn rocket composite manufacturing processes. New Glenn is a single configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. Featuring a reusable first stage built for 25 missions, New Glenn will build a road to space. You will directly support New Glenn's as well as Blue Origin's success through owning the qualification and build of large-scale composite parts at external vendors, design for manufacturability, non-conformance processing, and development and improvement of process specifications. Throughout the manufacturing process, you will also identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, lead with a dedication to quality and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required! Responsibilities: Develop new and robust manufacturing processes and transition into production Create test plans, specifications, and other documentation for the development of flight hardware Support activities to implement new processes and hardware, including tooling and equipment reviews Provide technical guidance to ensure producibility of new hardware Qualify internal and external processes Review documentation to ensure compliance to hardware requirements internally and at external suppliers Work with multi-functional teams that are responsible for selecting materials, manufacturing processes, and suppliers to produce world class aerospace hardware Disposition nonconformances and find opportunities for improvements to quality, cost and schedule Coach, mentor and technically assist other engineers Travel to support internal and external production up to 20% of the time Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Material Science, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, Aerospace Engineering or relevant field from ABET accredited school 8+ years experience with polymer based composite fabrication process development and process qualification Experience with aircraft, launch vehicle, spacecraft, or satellite development, production, or operations, especially laminate / core sandwich structures Experience with design for manufacturing and engineering drawing review Experience working with external vendors Experience with root cause analyses and corrective actions Experience with defining, implementing, or testing composite repairs Experience writing and authoring technical documentation Proficiency in 3D CAD pr