Quality Engineer II - C shift (Friday-Sunday) Machine Shop/Welding/Heat Treat

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

In this role, you will establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in all production environments. As needed, measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals, integrate quality system applications between engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure the consistent and ongoing use of quality best practices and communication of quality issues, and facilitate troubleshooting of quality issues with diverse teams, lead causal analysis activities to drive to root cause and corrective action.

In addition, you will perform reviews and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records. You will perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100, recommend initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality, and provide quality assurance subject matter expertise to inspection, manufacturing and test. Periodically, you will interface with internal and external customers on quality related concerns and develop training materials to build quality awareness.

In this role you will report directly to the Quality Engineering Manager in Kent, WA. As part of a diverse and hardworking team of specialists, you will share in the team's impact on all aspects of developing, testing and launching Space systems to support Blue Origin's Vision.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

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Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. in engineering or science.
• Experience in the engineering field with at least 3 to 5 years in a quality engineer role. Proven experience and successful track record delivering fully integrated, highly engineered products to completion in relevant industries (Aerospace, Marine, Automotive, Medical, Manufacturing, etc.)
• Quality assurance experience in production environment.
• Aerospace, space launch, or military or commercial aviation preferred.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9000 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs.
• Experience in GD&T fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of precision hand tools, gauges, optical comparator, and surface plate work.
• You will be supporting machinists in maintaining continuous operation of a variety of CNC machines and equipment producing accurate components enabling first article success on tight tolerance, high value parts
• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize projects to meet completion dates.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our 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. Desired
• Experience with Supplier Quality Documentation.
• Intermediate experience in providing oversight of receiving or dimensional inspection of aerospace components.
• Intermediate to advanced application of inspection concepts and tools
• Advanced blue print reading skills including GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard
• Quality Management System audit experience.
• Quality performance measurement analysis capabilities.
• Six Sigma Green, Black Belt, or comparable certification.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.

Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process.

Benefits

Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.

Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays