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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! 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. As the Structures Senior Manager for Lunar Permanence, you will be accountable for the technical performance, flight certification, and hardware delivery of all primary and secondary structural products for the Lunar Transportation portfolio of lunar lander vehicles. Structural products are comprised of metallic and carbon composite structures, pressurized and unpressurized structure, and structural support of spacecraft components. Structure products for the Lunar Transportation lander vehicles will enable unprecedented crew and mass capability to the Lunar surface. You will be responsible for managing a diverse product team to perform spaceflight structure design, analysis, hardware manufacturing and procurement, instrumentation, testing, assembly, and product delivery to meet aggressive mass targets and schedule milestones within an acceptable risk posture. You will additionally be responsible for managing the career development, work performance, mentorship, and career and technical guidance for all members of your product team. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight. 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: Responsible for directing a technical team to design, analyze, test, and deliver mass efficient vehicle structures that meets mission objectives, satisfies requirements, and complies with intra-vehicle interfaces. Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team Manage your direct reports' professional development (e.g., hiring, performance reviews, compensation and promotion management, routine one-on-one development conversations) and coach them on performance. Develop technical plans to meet deliverables on an aggressive schedule Develop structural verification and certification plans to develop safe and reliable hardware with sufficient documentation Perform technical leadership and make data-informed executive decisions on structures-related topics across the vehicle portfolio Coordinate between vehicles to ensure consistent structural design and analysis practices are being utilized where feasible Identify and execute key areas to perform hardware prototyping and testing to fail fast and early Lead structures hardware reviews Utilize good engineering to ensure the most efficient and effective product is designed, manufactured, procured, tested, qualified, and delivered Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles Minimum Qualifications: 5+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups Experience in employee professional development and performance assessment and alignment Experience in managing flight hardware products from cradle to grave Experience in fundamental, hand calculation structural analysis techniques as well as linear and non-linear finite element analyses techniques for both metallic and c