Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer - New Glenn

$198,993 - $278,590/Yr

Blue Origin - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer at Blue Origin plays a crucial role in the development and operations of the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. This position focuses on avionics controller hardware architecture for various spaceflight systems, contributing to the design, verification, and production of avionics hardware. The role requires a commitment to safety and quality, as well as the ability to work in fast-paced environments, ultimately impacting the future of space exploration.

Responsibilities

• Develop avionics hardware (boards and integrated assemblies) throughout the entire product life-cycle, including concept, design, prototyping, verification, and production release.
• Create analog and digital boards that interact with avionics systems, including analysis, schematic capture, layout, design review, and testing.
• Support avionics architecture trade studies, performance characterization, device selection, and controller roadmap direction.
• Conduct risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
• Participate in program-level technology development, mission assurance, and avionics development process improvements.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with 10+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development.
• Hands-on experience developing complex commercial or aerospace electronic assemblies.
• Experience with analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit analysis, design, test, and debug.
• Familiarity with analog and digital filters, signal conditioning, and signal processing.
• Ability to work with complex computational devices for monitoring sensors and controlling actuators.

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate degree in a related engineering or technical field with 10+ years of experience.
• Expertise in designing high-reliability, safety-critical board assemblies.
• Proficiency in using Altium/Cadence OrCAD/Allegro for aerospace board design.
• Experience with programming and analysis/modeling tools such as Python, C, C++, and MATLAB.
• Exposure to designing safety or mission-critical aerospace flight hardware compliant with DO-254.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 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 weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Discretionary bonuses based on individual contributions and company results