- Company: Blue Origin
- Location: US
- Part Time
- US
- Apply on company site
Blue Origin at a glance
blueorigin.com- Founded 2000
- Employees 3501
SEC filings mentioning "Blue Origin": 165 — search EDGAR
Federal funding recipient: largest known award $181.7M from the Department of Defense (started Apr 14, 2025) — via USAspending.gov
See attachment 1, performance work statement (pws)
11,944 employees covered under a retirement plan (2024 filing) — via DOL Form 5500 / EFAST2
OSHA safety record: 1 confirmed violation across 1 inspection — via OSHA Establishment Search
Blue Origin is a private U.S. space company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Kent, Washington (~3,500 employees). It builds New Shepard and New Glenn, supplies engines (including for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur), and develops the Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA Artemis—directly relevant to this Lunar tank-welding manufacturing role.
47,390 Wikipedia views in June 2026 — a rough gauge of public visibility.
Blue Origin is hiring experienced Manufacturing Engineers (Levels II, III, and Senior) across multiple shifts to support tank welding on its Lunar program in the United States. If you want to help build the reusable spaceflight hardware that will carry people to the Moon, this is your launch point.
About the Role
As a Manufacturing Engineer II, III, or Sr supporting Lunar tank welding, you'll work hands-on with the production processes behind large-scale propellant tank structures. This is a full-time, on-site position based in the US, with openings available on multiple shifts so the team can keep manufacturing moving around the clock. You'll join a culture built on safety, teamwork, and inclusion as Blue Origin advances reusable, dependable, and affordable space systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, refine, and document welding and manufacturing processes for Lunar propellant tank hardware.
- Partner with production technicians, quality, and design teams to translate engineering requirements into reliable, repeatable builds.
- Troubleshoot welding and fabrication issues on the shop floor and drive corrective actions.
- Champion safe work practices and continuous improvement across your assigned shift.
- Support tooling, fixturing, and procedure updates that improve yield, quality, and throughput.
Qualifications
- Background in manufacturing, mechanical, materials, or a related engineering discipline.
- Hands-on experience with welding processes and metal fabrication, ideally for structural or pressure-bearing assemblies.
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working directly in a production environment.
- Willingness to work one of several available shifts at the US facility.
- Experience scaled to the level applied for, from Engineer II through Senior.
About Blue Origin
Blue Origin is working toward a future where millions of people live and work in space for the benefit of Earth. The company designs and builds reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, guided by a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Joining the Lunar team means contributing to the next chapters of human spaceflight alongside a group of dedicated problem solvers.
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Public discussion on Hacker News often places Blue Origin among notable Seattle-area tech/aerospace employers; older threads cover early flight milestones. Recent coverage focuses on fundraising and valuation (e.g. CNBC). No verified employee-review scores are in the data.
- Ask HN: Are there actually any exciting companies in Seattle?
- How to Become an Astronaut 101
- Blue Origin – First Flight
Recent news
- Bezos' Blue Origin valued at $130 billion in first outside fundraising round - CNBC
- Analyst Boosts SpaceX Valuation On Blue Origin News; ARK Buys Shares - Investor's Business Daily
- SpaceX hits all-time low, dips below IPO opening price as rival Blue Origin seeks new funding - Yahoo Finance
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87 - The Guardian
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87 - PBS
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in US
Listing location is the United States (site not specified). Blue Origin’s main HQ is Kent, Washington; lunar hardware work may be at other U.S. production sites. Confirm shift site, commute, and on-site requirements with the recruiter—role is not remote.
🇺🇸 Relocation safety for US: Exercise Normal Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.3% — via FRED
National quits rate: 1.9% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 208,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Build the skills for this role
Prioritize: weld process engineering (GTAW/GMAW or equivalent for tanks), blueprint/GD&T, MRB/nonconformance, lean/production systems, and working with multi-shift ops. No certification resources were provided in the data set.
- Walk a tank or pressure-vessel weld process you owned end-to-end (params, fixtures, NDE, yield).
- Explain how you stabilized a multi-shift process or closed a flight-hardware nonconformance.
- Be ready on lunar/flight-hardware quality rigor and cross-functional handoffs with welding, quality, and manufacturing.
Strong fit if you are a hands-on manufacturing engineer with aerospace or heavy weld fabrication experience and want multi-shift, on-site tank production for Blue Origin’s lunar hardware—not remote office R&D.
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Listing facts
- Role Manufacturing Engineer II, III, Sr (Multiple Shifts) – Lunar – Tank Welding
- Employer Blue Origin
- Location US
- Type Part Time
- Posted May 14, 2026
- Apply by 2026-07-28
- Country context US
- Overview Full original description on this page (357 words; rewritten for clarity, not a teaser paste)
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- Hacker News — Ask HN: Are there actually any exciting companies in Seattle?
- Hacker News — How to Become an Astronaut 101
- Hacker News — Blue Origin – First Flight
- Hacker News — Blue Origin – First Flight
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