Liaison Engineering Manager, Sr Glenn Second Stage

Overview

Blue Origin envisions millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. We are developing 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.

The 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.

As Liaison Engineering Manager / Factory Support Engineering Manager for New Glenn second stage (GS2) production operations in Florida, you will lead a team that serves as the program’s first line of engineering defense when manufacturing encounters technical issues, nonconformances, or design questions. Your team works shoulder‑to‑shoulder with production, quality, supply chain, and design organizations to ensure rapid disposition of issues while protecting vehicle safety, configuration integrity, and flight worthiness.

You will be accountable for establishing a strong on‑site engineering presence that enables fast, disciplined problem resolution, effective communication back to the design centers, and continuous improvement of production readiness. This role balances urgency with rigor and ensures hardware keeps moving while maintaining compliance with engineering standards, certification bases, and safety requirements.

You will work closely with subsystem responsible engineers, build teams, systems engineering, quality, and operations leadership. Your goal is to mature paths for unblocking issues, define technical authority models, and improve the flow of technical data between the factory and design engineering organizations. You also shape factory‑facing processes for anomaly resolution, nonconformance dispositions, drawing interpretation, and change execution.

A core responsibility is developing and mentoring a high‑performing team of engineers who thrive in fast‑paced production environments, demonstrate sound technical judgment, and communicate clearly across teams. Your leadership directly impacts schedule stability, cost control, and the successful delivery of flight hardware.

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.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering or other related technical field.
• Responsible for performance management, task and project assignment, training, and career development for a team of 7–10 liaison / factory support engineers based in Florida.
• Lead and scale the factory‑embedded engineering organization that serves as the primary interface between GS2 production and design engineering during manufacturing issues and nonconformances.
• Own engineering engagement for production nonconformances and anomaly resolution, including Materials Review Board authority.
• Establish, document, and continuously improve factory‑facing engineering processes for issue triage, drawing interpretation, change execution, and escalation pathways.
• Establish and improve factory‑facing engineering processes for rapid issue resolution and configuration control.
• Partner with production, quality, systems, and design organizations to drive safe, timely hardware delivery.
• Lead root‑cause analysis efforts and ensure corrective actions are complete, verified, and institutionalized to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate engineering support for pre‑ship reviews, engineering data reviews, and flight hardware delivery milestones.
• Track, evaluate, and report on factory engineering metrics including cycle time to disposition, escape rates, recurring issues, systemic production risks, and engineering capacity.
• Communicate production health, technical risks, and cross‑cutting trends to senior engineering and program leadership.
• Develop escalation…