Avionics Test Program Manager III - New Glenn

About the role

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. 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.

As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will guide the definition and coordination of Software Verification across flight software for the New Glenn launch vehicle. You will promote agile best practices and support Scrum teams through the integration, verification, and deployment of our flight software. You should be capable of managing verification deliverables interfacing with multiple product and development teams. You thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation and efficiency while maintaining commitment to quality and a high product assurance. You should be adept at defining and managing to a plan, comfortable adjusting it in response to evolving programmatic requirements, constraints, and priorities. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities

• Guide team leads to ensure expectations are defined regarding scope, schedule, and budget.
• Actively collaborate and manage the programmatic interfaces (forecasting, feature transition, problem reports, etc.) between your Software verification team and the software development team.
• Proactively resolve issues and drive course corrections as needed — be directly involved in helping teams foresee, prepare for, and staff for program deliveries and targets.
• Coordinate development, procurement, qualification, and configuration management of verification environments and tools.
• Collaborate with team leaders to set clear expectations for tasks and deliverables.
• Drive verification process definition and development, including maintenance of Software plans, standards, work instructions, and standardization of verification tools.
• Track progress and problem reports through backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software development or verification experience
• 5+ years of project management experience
• Experience leading and coaching technical team members on understanding, enacting, and adopting Scrum practices
• Proven track record of successfully managing large and complex software verification
• Experience with build, test, and deployment automation
• Ability to identify and act on opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency
• Experience with product life-cycle management in mission and software-critical environments such as DO-178 compliance
• Experience with project planning software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, etc.)
• Experience with Atlassian Tool suite (Jira, Confluence) in an agile environment
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Desired Qualifications

• PMP, PSM, CSM, or SAFe certification, or equivalent
• Master's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business
• Experience with space flight hardware or human spaceflight
• Experience in a growth transition environment

Pay

Base Pay Range for WA applicants: $130,706.00 - $182,987.70. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits

• 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%
• 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