Manufacturing Planner

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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 is part of Blue Origin Operations, which comprises Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance, including Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

As a Manufacturing Planner, you will translate engineering intent, drawings, and configurations into fully functional hardware ready for test, qualification, and flight for the New Glenn sub-assembly processes. New Glenn is a single-configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. Throughout the manufacturing process, you will identify, develop, and deploy methods to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build sequence and schedules. You will create, interpret, and modify work instructions and routings to convey procedures to technicians and trigger material planning.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of aerospace manufacturing through the maintenance of the design and configuration integrity of complex components, subassemblies, and installations.
• Perform hands-on engineering and liaison role between design, test, operations, and customers.
• Drive producibility excellence into product designs – lead efforts to identify, develop, and deploy designs and methodologies that improve operational excellence through work instructions, quality, cost, design, and process enhancements.
• Support the manufacturing floor in assembly, compliance to engineering requirements, discrepancy resolution, and component acceptance testing.
• Support and investigate root cause of discrepancies and take ownership of implementation of preventative/corrective action.
• Support the product through initial design release and operational gated reviews by evaluating and aiding in the development of required artifacts.
• Apply knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, and materials into part and build plan development.
• Authorize in-build redlines and recommend changes to improve the design.
• Work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the development and production phases of the product lifecycle.
• Strong coordination and project management skills to track, manage, and prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks.
• Ability to operate, make decisions, lead, and make forward progress in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of an associate degree or trade school graduation in a technical field or related discipline, and 3+ years of related work experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 1+ years of relevant manufacturing experience.
• Hardware manufacturing experience with structures, fluid systems, mechanical systems, or avionics systems, including but not limited to assembly, integration, instrumentation, cleaning processes, non-destructive testing, machining, welding, surface coatings, harness/cable routings, or composite structures.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing engineering processes and procedures, including planning systems.
• Experience working to manufacturing plans and schedules.
• Understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing, including working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
• 1+ years of experience developing manufacturing plans and schedules (desired).
• Familiarity implementing new or improved tooling to aid manufacture, assembly, and acceptance testing (desired).
• Experience in 3D CAD programs (Creo Pro/E & Catia preferred) (desired).

Pay

Base pay range for WA applicants: $28.45 – $39.83 per hour. 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 company match 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 additional benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results (bonus amounts and eligibility not guaranteed and subject to change)