Project Engineer III New Shepard

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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. 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!

This role is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

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!

As a Project Engineer within the New Shepard Crew Capsule team, you will draw upon an engineering foundation and project leadership to deliver complex projects on time and within budget. In this role you will work directly with the engineering, test and production teams applying your project management, project controls expertise, and leadership skills to drive multiple projects and integration between teams. You will be responsible for project development schedules, work breakdown, costs, and schedule management and integration. The projects you will be leading will have a direct impact on the worlds first spaceship designed to safely fly humans to space weekly. The position presents incredible challenges but promises immense rewards; significantly impacting humanity.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage the full lifecycle of hardware-based engineering projects: from requirements through design, build, integration, test, and final delivery
• Maintain the Crew Capsule Integrated Master Schedule in Primavera (P6) with all stakeholders
• Own technical project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and budget management
• Act as primary technical focal point for assigned projectsdriving detail-oriented coordination across hardware engineering teams
• Define, monitor, and control technical project scope, goals, and deliverables; proactively manage risk and technical changes
• Resource load, analyze, and optimize project schedule to meet required dates.
• Displays strong ownership and accountability for the outcomes of projects.
• Required to take ownership of dependencies, including engineering deadlines; supply chain, procurement, and internal manufacturing; as necessary to support end item delivery schedule
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management. And be able to adapt to evolving engineering requirements in a fast-paced, hardware-driven environment
• Champion a detail-driven, safety-focused, and data-oriented culture throughout every physical and technical activity

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Systems, or other classical engineering discipline
• 4+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with integrated master schedules using Primavera (P6) or Microsoft Project
• Demonstrated history of technical project management applied to multi-disciplinary engineered systems (schedules, critical path, change management)
• Intense curiosity for understanding the details of our business and how to optimize it
• Self-starter, detail oriented, organized, and consistently follows-through

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. or higher in Engineering discipline; PMP certification
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
• Experience across multiple portions of the product life cycle (design, analysis, manufacturing, integration, and test)

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $117,498.00-$164,497.20

Other site ranges may differ

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.

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

• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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