Thermal Engineering Manager - Lunar Permanence

About the role

This role is part of the Lunar Transportation business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. The goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for the transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

• Cost, schedule, and technical performance of the assemblies within the vehicle thermal subsystem, including baselining new thermal design concepts, maturing design definition, and supporting Design for Excellence (DFX) activities
• Technical, administrative, and performance management of a cross-functional thermal engineering team
• Development and maintenance of subsystem Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Estimate at Completion (EAC) cost tracking
• Establishment and maintenance of team processes to guide engineering activities and ensure quality deliverables aligned with critical path delivery
• Effective delegation of technical authority to team leads
• Mentorship and coaching of early and mid-career engineers, including onboarding of new team members
• Cross-functional collaboration with peer subsystem leads (Structures & Configuration, Fluids, Gas) and Systems Engineering
• Management of team focus on critical path technical challenges while maintaining cost and schedule discipline

Requirements

• 8+ years of spacecraft thermal engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering leadership experience
• Effective technical, professional, and personal communication skills across all organizational levels
• Demonstrated competency in spacecraft thermal design and thermal control systems
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate defined scopes of work and generate work plans with resource allocation
• Proven track record of on-time/on-cost flight hardware delivery
• Experience with IMS and EAC cost management processes

Qualifications

• 10+ years of spacecraft thermal engineering experience preferred
• 4+ years of engineering leadership experience in subsystem-level roles preferred
• Demonstrated expertise in spacecraft thermal design and novel thermal architecture development preferred
• Proven track record of reducing cost and schedule of flight hardware deliveries through DFX optimization preferred
• Proven track record of developing early and mid-career engineers through effective delegation and mentorship preferred

Skills

N/A

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

Base Pay Range For CA applicants is $150,743.00 - $211,039.50 CO applicants is $138,181.00 - $193,453.05 WA applicants is $150,743.00 - $211,039.50 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

N/A

Company

Blue Origin is a private aerospace manufacturer founded by Jeff Bezos. They aim to make space accessible to everyone and are known for their reusable rocket engines and spacecraft designs.