Sr Manager - Thermal Processing Equipment Verified today
About the Role
This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, within the Advanced Manufacturing Group's Operations Reliability organization. You will build and lead the function responsible for the full reliability lifecycle of Blue's thermal processing equipment including ovens, furnaces, quench systems, heat-treat, and related thermal assets.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the Thermal Processing Equipment Reliability function, hiring and mentoring reliability and design engineers
- Own reliability engineering for thermal processing equipment
- Own design reliability inputs into new and modified thermal equipment
- Own asset-introduction for thermal equipment: commissioning, validation, and transition into sustained operations to a defined reliability standard
- Partner with Design, Production, Ground Systems Development, Maintenance, and Operations to drive thermal-equipment reliability requirements upstream into design and procurement decisions
- Oversee vendor acceptance for thermal equipment builds and refurbishments
- Represent thermal equipment reliability in reviews, escalations, and cross-organizational decisions; communicate risk and recommendations to leadership
- Direct RCA and corrective action for in-service thermal equipment failures affecting ground systems and GSE
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. in mechanical, thermal, or related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
- 7 or more years in engineering, manufacturing, or operations in a complex hardware environment, with direct experience on thermal processing equipment (ovens, furnaces, heat-treat, or similar)
- 3 or more years leading engineers or technical teams
- Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering methods: FMEA, RCA, criticality analysis, maintainability, reliability requirements development
- Experience driving reliability or design inputs across organizational boundaries with internal and external stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- Aerospace, launch, or other high-reliability operations environments
- Experience standing up a new team or function from the ground up
- Direct experience with industrial thermal processing equipment: heat-treat furnaces, quench systems, autoclaves, or similar large thermal assets
- Reliability certification (ASQ CRE) or formal reliability engineering training
- Experience with asset introduction, commissioning, and transition of new hardware into sustained operations
- Vendor oversight and acceptance verifying reliability and quality requirements met before delivery
Compensation
Base Pay Range for California applicants: $171,093.00 to $239,529.15. Other site ranges may differ.
Employment Requirements
Applicants 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.
Background check required for all positions. Additional checks may apply depending on role requirements and military installation access.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
- Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance bonuses based on individual contributions and company results (not guaranteed)