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Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer - New Glenn

Blue Origin
Seattle, WA
$163.7K-$240.1K a year
Full-time

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!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond.

Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

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 part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for avionics controller hardware architecture for various spaceflight systems.

You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of avionics engineering product development; architectural definition and hardware and software development (design and verification).

You should be comfortable working in fast-paced and often uncertain environments, contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating personal leadership, technical competence, and attention to detail.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable 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 :

Develop avionics hardware (boards and integrated assemblies). Have a solid understanding of the entire product life-cycle;

including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production.

Develop analog and digital boards that interact with avionics systems (including sensors and electromechanical / electrohydraulic actuators);

including analysis, schematic capture, layout, design review, test / verification and release.

Support avionics architecture trades studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and controller roadmap direction.

Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test / manufacture / cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.

Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements.

Qualifications :

Undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with 10+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development

Direct hands-on experience developing complex commercial or aerospace electronic assemblies (designing custom cards or integrating COTS hardware).

Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital and mixed-signal circuit analysis, simulation, design, test, debug, signal integrity, power, grounding and general board layout principles.

Exposure to analog and digital filters, signal conditioning and signal processing using discrete components.

Familiarity with use of complex computational devices (combinational and sequential logic) to monitor sensors and control actuators;

including design, development and verification.

Highly organized team player with excellent technical communication skills (written and verbal)

Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a 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.

Desired :

Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field with 10+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development

Demonstrated expertise designing high-reliability, safety-critical, Class 2 / 3 board assemblies; including familiarity with IPC 6xx and NASA-STD-8739.

n (or similar) standards.

Proficiency using Altium / Cadence OrCAD / Allegro (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards; and experience working with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors.

Proficiency with scripting; programming and analysis / modeling tools : Python, Linux / Windows shell scripting; assembly language, C, C++;

MATLAB / Simulink / SPICE (or similar).

Exposure to designing safety or mission critical aerospace flight hardware compliant with DO-254.

Exposure to development of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant, radiation-hardened flight hardware intended for prolonged exposure to extreme space environments.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification.

At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $163,725-$240,130

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $163,725-$240,130

Other site ranges may differ

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification.

At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.

S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include : Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off : Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus : Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force.

Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members.

We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin / ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military / veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and / or local law.

Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

For more information on EEO Is the Law, please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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