Manufacturing Planner III

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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 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.

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 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.

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!

• Create detailed work instructions from engineering design and/or Concept of Operations for first stage of New Glenn.

• Engage in ship side support for active Production

• Non-conformance disposition and management

• Participate in the entire design, manufacturing and test cycle of integration, including conceptual and detailed design, development testing and qualification for a wide range of development hardware.

• Advice raw materials and manufacturing processes.

• Evaluate quality control processes and make recommendations for improvements in quality control.

• Implement new technologies.

• Collaborate with other engineers to maintain quality control and meet production targets.

• High School, GED, or equivalent

• 7+ years in Production environment

• Extremely customer focused with strong verbal and written communication skills

• A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with teams of various skills across large geographic distances.

• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc).

• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings.

• A desire to be customer‑centric and actively facilitate functional solutions with minimal direction

• Willingness to push back on unreasonable design elements or schedule demands

• Able to work as a part of team in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving and dynamic environment

• 5+ years as a integrator in Space Industry

• Familiar with scheduling and time/cost‑estimation

• Experience in fast‑paced environments

• Excellent understanding of engineering drawings and GD&T per ASME Y14.5

• Familiar with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and providing DFM feedback to customers

• Tooling and fixture design

• Climb stairs and work in small areas.

• Support production floor activities.

• Lift and carry 40 lbs.

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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