Corrective & Preventive Action Engineer

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Manage corrective actions in assigned area, ensuring all actions are accurately logged, assigned, actioned, closed, and verified for effectiveness.
• Drive accountability by actively managing open corrective action status, escalating risks proactively, and ensuring action owners have what they need to execute.
• Verify the implementation of corrective actions to confirm that completed actions have been executed as intended and meet defined acceptance criteria.
• Audit the effectiveness of closed corrective actions to ensure that implemented solutions have eliminated or adequately mitigated the root cause of identified issues.
• Coordinate with root cause analysis teams, Corrective Action Boards, material review boards, and mishap investigation teams to ensure corrective actions are well-defined, actionable, and traceable to identified causal factors.
• Facilitate corrective action review meetings and working groups, ensuring timely escalation of at-risk or overdue actions.
• Partner with Business Intelligence team to drive corrective action metrics and dashboards to provide program leadership with clear insight into corrective action health and trend data.
• Identify systemic trends across corrective action data to support proactive risk reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of corrective action program processes and procedures in alignment with internal standards and external regulatory requirements including NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, and relevant industry standards.
• Collaborate across the enterprise to ensure corrective action requirements are understood and consistently applied across Blue, as appropriate.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, systems engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of engineering or quality/mission assurance experience in the aerospace industry, with at least 2 years in a corrective action or problem resolution role.
• Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, or equivalent quality management systems as applied in an aerospace or defense context.
• Demonstrated experience managing corrective action programs, including tracking, verification, closure, and effectiveness evaluation.
• Experience supporting or leading root cause analyses, non-conformance investigations, or mishap investigations.
• Strong understanding of root cause & corrective action and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to present status and findings clearly to technical and leadership audiences.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team on rapid development programs.
• Experience presenting to program leadership, review boards, or external customers/regulators.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent corrective actions and competing priorities.

Qualifications

• Passionate about continuous improvement and rigorous follow-through.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multi-discipline teams to drive sustainable solutions.
• Commitment to a culture of safety and collaboration.
• U.S. citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Prepared to undergo a background check, including DBIDS, DOT physical, and drug and alcohol testing.

Skills

• Experience with corrective action tracking tools and databases (e.g., JIRA, Windchill, or equivalent).
• Familiarity with system safety analysis methods including FMECAs, FTAs, and HAZOPs and their role in generating corrective actions.
• Experience with NASA, FAA, or Department of Defense corrective action and mishap reporting requirements.
• Process ownership and procedure development experience.
• Familiarity with launch vehicle development programs and associated mission assurance requirements.
• Certification or formal training in root cause analysis methodologies (e.g., RCCA, Apollo, or equivalent).

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.

Pay

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Schedule

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