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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight. We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are committed to a culture of safety. This position on the BE-7 Program leadership team 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. As part of a passionate team of experts, you will act as a Turbomachinery Senior Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead (level 4) for the BE-7 oxidizer or fuel turbopump. Within the Blue Origin Engines business unit, our product-based IPT Leads are responsible for leading a cross-functional team of roughly 20-30 individual contributors through the entire product lifecycle from product definition and conceptualization to rate production. In this specific role you will be managing the IPT that is responsible for either the fuel or oxidizer turbopumps within the BE-7 engine assembly. This includes ownership of design, analysis, development, manufacture, testing, qualification, flight support, and continuous improvements for the turbopump. 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! Responsibilities: Support the planning, execution, and direction for all phases of projects, coordinating the efforts of technical support staff in the performance of assigned projects. Develop program plans, schedules and budgets from both internally derived goals/constraints and from customer contracts/ statements-of-work. Provide clear scope-based, time-phased demand to the IPT supporting functions, negotiate the appropriate personnel supply, and escalate where additional support is needed to meet program and company goals. Drive technical progress, requirements, scope, budget (labor and costs), schedule, deliverables and risks and review recommendations for change with program management. Owner of business rhythm reviews and communication paths to senior management supporting program manager and business teams, including: program management reviews weekly/monthly, schedule and finance reviews, long term forecasting and estimate-at-complete (EAC), business plan, and project deep dives. Owner of all IPT data artifacts including engineering reports, risks, engineering changes, waivers, corrective actions, and work orders. Support the development of specifications, requirements and management of interfaces between customers and project technical efforts. Create the framework used to develop and monitor project metrics and manage the collection of project data. Qualifications: Minimum of a B.S. degree in Engineering or technical field, or in lieu of a technical degree, must show significant demonstrated experience leading teams designing/ developing complex engineered products. 8+ years of demonstrated technical expertise in spacecraft, launch vehicle, or aircraft development; including one or more of the following: spacecraft, launch vehicles, liquid rocket engines or components, engine installations, turbine engines, struc