Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

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. In this role, you would directly impact the history of space exploration, and your dedicated commitment and detailed attention to detail would further the cause of safe and repeatable spaceflight for Blue Origin's next-generation Lunar Landers and this will be a chance to leave your fingerprints on the history of crewed spaceflight. As the Avionics Firmware functional Manager, you will manage and lead a team of FPGA Firmware engineers who are responsible for designing, developing, and validating the firmware for Lunar Landers. You will be a technical contributor in your area of expertise, providing technical support directly to your functional team. In this capacity, you will be responsible for exemplifying best practices, balanced technical judgment, and a superior work ethic. You will be responsible for cultivating an evolving, overseeing performance, merits, and promotions; shepherdingteam members' careers through coaching, and technical development; benchmarking their work standards and tools with other Blue Origin business units and with industry trends; and assuring that the team's work products meet domain quality standards. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to join our team and positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required. If you're excited by providing near-term value, solving novel problems, learning about interesting topics, and completing challenging activities, please apply! Responsibilities: Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements. Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management. Lead the team by example and create long-term strategic plans to positively influence each person on your team toward achieving Blue Origin's vision. Be a mentor, and offer leadership and development opportunities, putting those around you first. Grow people into their full potential through inspiration and motivation Responsible for forging a vision of a better future, strategizing on Blue Origin's direction, and motivating your team to achieve Blue Origin's overarching objectives by training, planning, directing, delegating, and monitoring success. Supply people, processes, and tools needed to meet the demand signals specified by project and program managers. Negotiate Statements of Work with the respective product managers 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 Organize and equip the Team and assure that its staff are trained Embody, promote, and coach the Blue Origin leadership principles and the Lunar Transportation team culture Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Aerospace, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related disciplines 10+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups with responsibility for career management of employees 6+ years of experienc