Blue Origin slipped a senior‑manager posting onto its careers page, revealing the next step for its New Glenn heavy‑lift system. The role will lead Gen 2.0 tank fabrication, the most structurally complex and schedule‑critical subsystem on the vehicle. The posting names the project “Quattro,” a four‑engine upper stage that doubles the current BE‑3U count for lunar missions.

Quattro expands New Glenn from the baseline 7×2 configuration to a 9×4 layout, adding two booster engines and four upper‑stage engines. Blue Origin unveiled the concept in November, positioning it as the workhorse for NASA’s Artemis lunar contracts. If the larger vehicle launches next year, it would mark the company’s first true heavy‑lift capability in commercial.

The job description also spells out an aggressive production ramp. Blue Origin aims to lift output from twelve tanks annually now to 60 per year by Q3 2028, then scale to 100 second stages each year in 2029. A company spokesperson confirmed those targets, signaling a shift from experimental flights to a steady launch cadence globally.

With three New Glenn flights since its January 2025 debut, Blue Origin is moving from proof‑of‑concept to volume manufacturing. Achieving the announced rates would give NASA a domestic heavy‑lift provider and could lower launch costs for lunar payloads. The company’s hiring push suggests it is building the supply chain needed for that scale soon to meet demand.