Senior Manager - System Operations Architecture

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

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!


This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a safety-first culture. 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. In this role, you will share in the team's impact on all aspects of operational requirements, interfaces, and processes to achieve New Glenn program's mission to make human spaceflight accessible and affordable. As a Sr Manager of Operations Architects within Launch System Architecture, you will be involved in architectural definition, design for operability and maintainability, trade studies, risk assessment, concept of operations development, development and allocation of system operability requirements, configuration and data management, and people management of your team members.

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for developing the comprehensive operations approach and operational improvements for the New Glenn Launch Vehicle and associated ground systems, working closely with the New Glenn Operations team to ensure the system design is operable, maintainable, serviceable, and conducive to safe, rapid, and repeatable operations. You will work across subsystems and support integrated solutions while making sure operability, maintainability, and rapid launch cadence are central design tenets. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of System Operational Architects responsible for developing a detailed operational architecture, sequence of operations, trade study generation, Engineering Operations Requirements (EORs), Maintenance Requirements (MRs), Launch Commit Criteria (LCC), and operational improvements to increase the launch cadence of New Glenn. Key responsibilities of this team are as follows:
• Author documents that define the system operational architecture, operations and control rationale, maintenance requirements, and critical cross element performance or interface requirements.
• Serve as primary engineering POC for CONOP development through all phases of operations, acting as cross element interface for design engineering and operations.
• Assess, identify, and lead any fixes to gaps in the concept of vehicle operations and recovery.
• Lead cross element design trade studies considering launch operations through all phases the mission including pre-launch, landing, and recovery.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and appropriate integration of operating requirements into procedures, scripts, and displays used during vehicle operations.
• Provide real-time support to integrated tests and launch operations.
• Review and approve procedures, scripts, and displays used during vehicle operations.
• Work with operations and design engineering to ensure development of the launch vehicle maintainability, and serviceability throughout all phases of mission operations and recovery/refurb.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• 7+ years of proven Systems Engineering, analysis, operations, or component testing on launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other highly regulated industry
• Highly knowledgeable of systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission/safety critical systems
• Self-directed and able to balance several tasks at one time
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and mentor junior systems engineers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; strength in teaming and collaboration in a fast-paced work environment, self-starter

Desired:

• Master's Degree (M.S., M.E.) or higher in Systems Engineering or related field
• Familiarity with the design of launch or space vehicles, ground based launch support systems, offshore recovery operations, and system integration
• Experience directly supporting ongoing launch vehicle operations
• Experience with architectural development and trade study definition
• Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in ambiguous environments
• Strong systems engineering background with experience across the full product life cycle
• Ability to lead a team to produce results with partially defined requirements and changing criteria

Compensation Range for:
WA applicants is $183,807.00 - $257,328.75

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Background Check

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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 company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's 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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