Sr Manager, Embedded Software - Engines

About the role

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

Responsibilities

• Manage your project scope by ensuring scrappy and cost-effective execution while maintaining a tight grip on the project deliverables needed to meet program objectives.
• Establish common software architecture and manage product roadmaps for each program’s software product.
• Identify and manage technical and programmatic risks/opportunities. This includes technical, scope (i.e., cost and schedule), asset and safety risks and opportunities specific to program and project execution.
• Risk management includes identifying, documenting, communicating, developing mitigation plans and collaborating with your peers & program leaders to drive outcomes to program acceptable levels.
• Coordinate and partner with Enterprise functions such as Software Quality Assurance, Safety and Mission Assurance, and Enterprise Technology to drive product development/maintenance cost/cycle time and meet delivery objectives.
• Track and manage your team execution, and both unit product life cycle cost.
• Create the framework used to develop and drive collection of project data and use this data to inform & monitor key project metrics.
• Partner with other Business Units and centralized Blue software teams on driving software and software process, tool commonality and efficiency.

Requirements

• Proven track record of leading and managing teams to deliver complex safety critical embedded software products.
• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or technical field, or in lieu of a technical degree, must show significant demonstrated experience leading teams designing/ developing complex engineered products.
• 8+ years of experience in a relevant engineering field, with significant experience in avionics and/or embedded software product development and maintenance.
• 3+ years of project management and/or management experience.
• Basic knowledge across relevant engineering disciplines, including requirements negotiation, design, development, analysis, verification, and vehicle integration.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience with resource/budget management and reporting.
• Experience with Agile, IMP-level scheduling, risk management, configuration management, requirements management processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and drive continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with industry-leading software development tools.
• Hands-on experience with the development lifecycle of embedded software.
• Experience in planning and executing test programs for software systems.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain software architecture and product/component roadmaps.

Skills

• Leadership and management skills.
• Technical expertise in avionics and embedded software.
• Project management and risk management experience.
• Communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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

For WA applicants is $197,004.00 - $275,805.60

Schedule

Not specified