Senior Manager – Avionics Packaging Mechanical Engineering Verified today

Role Overview

This Senior Manager position leads a team of mechanical engineers and technical specialists responsible for the design, analysis, testing, and critical review of avionics enclosures and assemblies that house printed circuit board assemblies and other electronic components for Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar landers.

You will report to the Avionics Packaging group lead within the Core Avionics team in the Lunar Permanence business unit. This role combines significant management responsibility with substantial technical input, guidance, and review.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of mechanical engineers and technical specialists
• Manage direct reports' professional development, performance reviews, compensation, and career growth
• Coordinate project assignments with team leads and project managers
• Reconcile project needs with staff resources and capabilities
• Own technical quality of the team's work on avionics enclosure design and analysis
• Establish and maintain standards, processes, and tools for complex avionics enclosure design and analysis
• Oversee component cost, mass, and delivery schedule
• Supply staffing to projects and negotiate Statements of Work with product managers
• When demand exceeds capacity, recruit and hire additional staff or secure contract labor
• Develop and implement plans for acquiring software, models, and analysis tools
• Provide technical leadership and perform technical work where needed
• Foster employee training and growth aligned with product and business unit needs
• Manage the team's annual budget, expenditures, and headcount
• Coordinate and integrate with similar functional teams across the company
• Build external relationships for benchmarking, recruiting, and collaboration
• Exemplify high standards of conduct and facilitate solutions to team issues

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years demonstrated experience managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups, with responsibility for technical quality of work and career management of employees
• 4+ years experience with static structural, modal, random vibration, and thermal analysis
• Experience designing ruggedized electronics enclosures or similar high-performance hardware
• History of developing innovative solutions with partially defined requirements and changing criteria
• History of managing schedules, budgets, and headcount
• Experience working with customers, component suppliers, fabricators, and distributors
• Ability to be self-directed and balance multiple projects
• History of communicating status, design concepts, and technical results effectively
• History of demonstrating autonomous leadership
• Technical or management abilities recognized by the larger organization
• Familiarity with 3D CAD modeling programs (Creo preferred)
• Familiarity with FEA tools (Ansys preferred)
• Familiarity with GD&T usage (ASME Y14.5)
• Familiarity with environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal cycle
• Experience performing failure analysis and establishing root cause and corrective action
• Flexibility and openness to tackling varied assignments and learning new skills
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with recent versions of Creo, Windchill, ANSYS, ICEPAK, and Sherlock
• Experience with fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics
• Experience with aerospace industry standard analysis methods (Bruhn, Marks', Shigley, Steinberg, Engelmeier)
• Experience with environmental testing per SMC-S-016, DO-160, and/or MIL-STD-810 standards
• Experience with circuit card design per IPC-A-610 and/or J standards
• Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5)

Compensation and Location

Base pay range: Colorado applicants $169,008.00 to $236,611.20; Washington applicants $183,807.00 to $257,328.75. Other site ranges may differ.

Travel expected up to 15% of the time. Relocation provided. Interviews will include a technical assessment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
• Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
• Education Support Program
• Paid time off up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Bonuses and other benefits based on role type and job level, subject to company discretion