Rocket Engine Electrical Design Engineer lll

$136,800 - $191,520/Yr

Blue Origin - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

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 position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedication and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. 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! As part of a hardworking team, you will develop and execute design avionics electronic hardware used to operate rocket engines in space. This development team is tightly knit and very collaborative, with a variety of experience and backgrounds. We care about the success of our peers and are eager to help each other learn and grow. Together we will build high-reliability, safety-critical avionics solutions.

Responsibilities

• Electrical design of analog instrumentation measurement circuits that measure various environmental and combustion conditions of a rocket engine.
• Electrical design of actuator circuits for solenoids, or electromechanical servo systems.
• Interpret systems engineering and quality requirements as they apply to electrical product development.
• Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product life-cycle; including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production.
• Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
• Manage design schedules of avionics subsystem.
• Routinely present program status and issues.
• Identify root cause failure modes using fault tree and fishbone methodologies.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 7 years of professional experience of which 5+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in guiding project teams, making critical design decisions, and mentoring junior engineers.
• Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital circuit design, analysis, test, and debug.
• Expert knowledge of Op-Amp circuits as applied to instrumentation measurements including, scaling, active filters and current to voltage conversion.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical skills (written and verbal).
• Experience with data anomaly review and system troubleshooting in a lab or test environment.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate degree (or higher) in related engineering or technical field.
• Expertise designing electronics in a space radiation environment is a plus.
• Proven expertise crafting high-reliability, safety-critical, Class 3 board assemblies.
• Understanding of mechanical packaging of avionics in harsh environmental conditions.
• Knowledge of EMI issues related to precision analog or high voltage design.
• Proficiency using CAD layout tools to craft sophisticated printed circuit boards; and experience working with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors.
• Exposure to designing safety or critically important aerospace flight hardware aligned with DO-254.
• Exposure to development of high-reliability and radiation-tolerant flight hardware intended for prolonged exposure to extreme space environments.

Benefits

• 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%
• 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.