Manufacturing Planner III, Fabrication

About Blueorigin

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!

Job Summary

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. This role is part of Blue Origin’s Advanced Manufacturing Fabrication Department.

If you share our passions and vision, thrive in a dynamic startup environment, excel on integrated cross-functional teams of individuals, are experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies (even if perhaps not in the aerospace industry), 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and build the foundation for a road to space.
• Lead fabrication efforts for tooling for New Glenn, Lunar and other internal projects.
• Support different builds throughout the manufacturing process.
• Identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules.
• Translate engineering intent, drawings, and configurations into thorough work instructions and build plans.
• Develop manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the manufacturing process: receiving inspection, fabrication, assembly, integration, test, and refurbishment.
• Define how to prepare hardware for test, qualification, and flight.
• Conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) studies to strengthen the feedback loop between design, build, and test.
• Design proper material handling and packaging to protect hardware throughout the build.