Quality Engineer II

About the role

This role is part of the Safety, Quality, & Mission Assurance team. The team focuses on monitoring and assessing processes that guide Blue Origin design, manufacture, and operations, ensuring system safety engineering, environmental health and safety, product integrity, and continuous improvement processes serve the Blue Origin Mission and Vision.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate product conformance through the execution, optimization, and validation of quality processes.
• Verify product and process conformance, conduct root cause and corrective action analysis, nonconformance disposition, hardware acceptance planning, and design verification.
• Establish and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments.
• Measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals.
• Review and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records.
• Perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100.
• Participate in engineering design reviews and make recommendations to improve the quality and manufacturability of new designs.
• Recommend and improve initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality.
• Provide quality assurance domain expertise to inspection, manufacturing, and test for the Manufacturing team.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers on quality related concerns; develop and present training materials to build quality awareness.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. in engineering with 2+ Years of relevant experience.
• Quality experience in production environment.
• Aerospace, space launch, or military or commercial aviation preferred.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9000 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing fabrication processes such as Machining, Welding, NDT and measurement sciences.
• Knowledge of Nonconforming and MRB process.
• Knowledge of First Article Inspection per AS9102.
• Knowledge of SPC principles.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Knowledge in Causal Analysis tools, including cause & effect diagrams, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), 5-why, fault tree analysis, etc.
• Relevant experience in transitioning a product from development, through production to operations.
• QMS audit experience and quality performance measurement analysis capabilities.
• Six Sigma Green, Black Belt, or comparable certification.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

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

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Benefits

• 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.