Engineering Operations Lead II - Lunar Permanence Verified today
Role Overview
You will serve as an engineering operations lead embedded within the Lunar Transfer Stage System Test team for the Lunar Permanence business unit. This team develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products for sustainable crew and cargo transport to the lunar surface. You will help ensure test campaigns and engineering deliverables are planned, tracked, and executed with rigor and efficiency, while supporting the team's day-to-day operational rhythm.
Responsibilities
- Support development and maintenance of integrated test campaign schedules, tracking progress against key milestones and flagging risks and variances to leadership
- Assist technical leads in translating engineering scope into structured work plans, including task identification, sequencing, and resource loading
- Support week-to-week planning and execution tracking for the system test team, maintaining alignment between program-level plans and day-to-day operations
- Prepare and communicate regular status updates on cost, schedule, and risk to engineering and program management
- Identify and escalate schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and execution gaps, and support development of recovery plans
- Coordinate across internal teams and customers to support test readiness activities, review preparation, and deliverable tracking
- Support risk and opportunity identification and help maintain the team's risk register
- Assist in development of statements of work and support coordination of external services as needed
Minimum Qualifications
- BS or MS in engineering, project management, or a related technical discipline
- 2 or more years of experience in project coordination, engineering operations, or program support in a technical environment
- Experience using project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar scheduling and tracking tools
- Ability to build and maintain project schedules and track progress against milestones
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to prepare clear status updates for technical and program leadership
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting test campaigns or engineering operations for aerospace, launch vehicle, or spacecraft programs
- Experience participating in NASA technical reviews, including TRRs or FRRs
- Familiarity with agile project management methods and tools
- Experience with critical path scheduling, risk management, or earned value management (EVM)
- Experience with Jira for task tracking and sprint planning
- Familiarity with verification, integration, and test processes for spaceflight systems
- Program Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent
Work Arrangement
- This position requires on-site work at Lunar Plant 1 in Merritt Island, Florida
- Travel expected up to 25% of the time
- Relocation provided
- Technical assessment included in interview process