Avionics Engineering Ops Lead Lunar Permanence

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were 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!

We are a 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 dedication and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origins vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers and program managers you will ensure that Avionics & Communication Systems products get delivered on time to meet our commitments for a vehicle within the Lunar Permanence organization. With your help we will quantitatively manage our scope by presenting status risks & opportunities variances and recovery plans to engineering and program management. You will be hands on with the team leading the execution of an agile process for week-to-week planning and tracking. You may serve in a scrum master role bringing agile development methods to drive efficiency in the teams execution. You will be responsible for the programmatic key performance metrics (cost schedule risk) and maintaining alignment between the program level plan and our teams day to day execution.

You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Permanence system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

Responsibilities:

• Develop robust plans of product deliveries and lead tracking of key operating metrics - including technical cost schedule and risk.
• Identify and define problem statements and have enough experience to build a realistic project schedule. May have a budget assigned and has authority to purchase based on an approved budget.
• Work with technical leads to define program scope to create program plans.
• Work with program management toward long-range objectives without appreciable direction and resolve technical objectives of assignments to develop approaches to solutions.
• Provides regular status updates and works to resolve project discrepancies (schedule budget resources etc.).
• Engage with developers on significant issues sufficiently to be able to report to senior leadership.
• In partnership with Responsible Engineers (RE) and Team Leads own the technical success of product development.
• Help run contracts and produce statements of work.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of project management experience related to software development.
• Experience with Project Management Tools such as MS Project P6 Primavera or similar.
• Ability to earn trust maintain positive and professional relationships.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or another technical field.

Desired:

• Experience with NPR 7150.2D DO-254 and safety critical applications.
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience.
• Experience with critical path scheduling IMP/IMS risk management requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• Familiar with agile project management.
• Experience with Jira.
• Experience automating schedule health evaluations and continuously improving schedules.
• Experience with verification integration and test of orbital launch vehicles or human rated spacecraft.

Compensation Range for:

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Culture Statement

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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.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)

• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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