Engineer - Quality III
Blue Origin · Space Coast, FL
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Blue Origin (aerospace & defense) in Space Coast, FL. Establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Root cause, APQP, GD&T, AS9100, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $65k–$105k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 36 quality engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 35 other live quality postings in Florida.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (5+ vs 7+)
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 81%
- ✓ AS9100 58%
- ✓ Lean 56%
- Six Sigma 56%
- ✓ New product launch 47%
- SPC 44%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Blue Origin in Space Coast
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Full description from Blue OriginAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum of a B.S. in Engineering/Science
- ✓5+ years’ proven experience in a Quality Engineer role in a production environment. Aerospace, space launch, or military or commercial aviation preferred.
- ✓Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO9000 QM System and/or related quality systems and programs
- ✓Excellent communication skills, organized, attention to detail, and self-starter
- ✓Ability to support integration schedules and overtime on as needed basis
- ✓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.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓American Society of Quality, Certified Quality Engineer certification
- ✓Experience in aerospace, space launch, military/commercial aviation highly preferred
- ✓Experience with IPC J-STD-001 (Space Addendum)
- ✓Experience with IPC 620 standard (IPC-WHMA-A-620)
- ✓Experience in GD&T fundamentals
- ✓Experience with quality tools such as lean principles, root cause analysis, and corrective action
- ✓Experience with advanced product quality planning (APQP), process failure mode and effects analysis (PFM
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Application close date
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.
Job Description
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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
Our team is responsible for driving quality products throughout the organization by maintaining a corporate culture that emphasizes accountability, drive, and attention to detail at all levels. This position requires a passion for solving sophisticated problems and providing operable solutions; act with minimal direction and take ownership; and be adaptable as we work on a variety of applications and systems.
This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.
In this role, you will apply standard engineering techniques to evaluate product conformance through the execution, optimization, and validation of quality processes. This requires verifying product and process conformance, root cause and corrective action analysis, nonconformance disposition, hardware acceptance planning, and design verification. Establishes quality standards for products and processes and suggests modifications meant to prevent defects in components or final products. Works closely with cross-functional teams, including product design, product management, and production, to identify and mitigate quality risks. Audits production processes, raw materials, or suppliers/vendors to ensure that established quality standards are met. Conducts root cause analysis for defects, non-conformities, or other quality failures.
In addition, you will perform reviews and approve manufacturing and integration 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, fabrication, 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. As part of a hardworking team of Quality Engineers, 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!
Special Mentions
- •Relocation provided
- •Shifts available: Friday-Sunday 6:00AM-6:30PM
- •This position will require shift flexibility to align with changes in business need.
include but are not limited to
- •Establish, implement, maintain, and enforce quality system processes that support products in development and production environments
- •Measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization quality goals
- •Review and approve manufacturing build documents including work orders and nonconformance records.
- •Perform periodic audits of the application of our quality system in accordance with AS9100
- •Participate in engineering design reviews and make recommendations to improve the quality and manufacturability of new designs
- •Recommend and improve initiatives and/or changes that will improve product and system quality
- •Provide quality assurance domain expertise to inspection, manufacturing, and test for the Manufacturing team
- •Collaborate with internal and external customers on quality related concerns; develop and present training materials to build quality awareness.