BLUE ORIGIN

Supply Chain Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Seattle • Alabama • Washington • United States

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Salary

💰 $112,059 - $156,883 per year

About the role

  • Own technical onboarding from initial assessment through first production delivery; build structured onboarding plans with clear milestones, acceptance gates, and go/no-go criteria
  • Conduct facility assessments and technical capability audits; evaluate manufacturing processes, equipment capability, workforce competency, and scalability to high-rate production
  • Qualify suppliers across specialty processes — welding, casting, coating, heat treatment, NDE — and validate capacity via run-at-rate events aligned to takt and cycle time targets
  • Define tooling acceptance criteria, packaging standards, and returnable packaging requirements; validate supplier readiness before first production runs
  • Build technical content for executable bid packages: manufacturing specifications, process qualification requirements, capability expectations, and tooling acceptance criteria
  • Embed technical flowdowns into LTAs and MSAs in collaboration with Commodity Managers; provide supplier capability benchmarks and manufacturability inputs to support source selection
  • Support make/buy trade analysis with technical grounding on external supplier capability versus internal production options
  • Embed with assigned engineering teams from early design through production release; serve as the supply chain technical representative in design reviews, trade studies, and engineering change processes
  • Drive DFMA in partnership with branch engineering; translate design intent into parts that enable high-rate, cost-effective manufacturing across the supply base
  • Feed supplier readiness metrics and onboarding risks to the Supply Chain Program Managers (SCPMs); surface blockers ahead of schedule impact
  • Coordinate EDI onboarding, capital equipment timing, and tooling infrastructure readiness with Indirect SCPMs and the logistics team
  • Leverage AI tools for onboarding documentation, readiness tracking, and risk identification; build reusable qualification checklists and gate frameworks that scale across commodity types

Requirements

  • 5+ years in supplier development, supply chain engineering, or manufacturing engineering in a production environment
  • Demonstrated experience onboarding and qualifying new suppliers: onboarding plans, facility assessments, and first-production milestone management
  • Hands-on background in one or more: precision machining, castings/forgings, special processes (coatings, heat treat, welding), or electromechanical assemblies
  • Ability to read engineering drawings, GD&T, and material/process specifications; skilled at identifying and resolving manufacturability gaps
  • Experience conducting run-at-rate events and capacity assessments; working familiarity with takt time, cycle time, and production rate planning
  • Experience building technical bid package content: specifications, process qualification requirements, tooling acceptance criteria, and onboarding timelines
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills — able to translate technical issues into clear commercial and programmatic language
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field
  • Willingness to travel 25–40% domestically and internationally for supplier assessments and run-at-rate events.
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
  • Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
supplier developmentsupply chain engineeringmanufacturing engineeringprecision machiningcastingsforgingscoatingsheat treatmentweldingelectromechanical assemblies
Soft Skills
cross-functional communicationproblem-solvingtechnical translationcollaborationrisk identificationmilestone managementcapacity assessmentonboarding managementprocess qualificationmanufacturability gap resolution