Sr. Electrical Engineer Lidar Systems

$153,636 - $215,090/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 role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a hardworking team of diverse spacecraft development engineers, you will assist in the design and development of lidar sensors for a variety of spacecraft applications (rendezvous, descent, and landing). You will participate in the full design life cycle of navigation sensor development: analysis, testing, verification/validation, and flight. You will work closely with the guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) team to seamlessly integrate the navigation system components with the rest of the GN&C. Your contributions will enable flight of state-of-the-art aerospace vehicles and missions.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the electrical design aspects of spacecraft navigation sensors from prototype to critically important hardware.
• Drive systems trades, requirements capture, component selection, schematic creation, analysis, prototyping, PCB layout, PCB bring-up, debugging, and system integration/testing.
• Routinely collaborate with manufacturing operations, supply chain, and other teams within the company to ensure smooth execution of the development efforts.
• Build and execute development and qualification testing campaigns to demonstrate navigation hardware performance.
• Support the navigation hardware through design, production, hardware-in-the-loop testing, vehicle integration/testing, and flight.
• Work with a small and agile team of diverse engineers developing highly reliable navigation sensors for spacecraft.
• Support the GN&C subsystem technical lead with a cross-functional mindset to facilitate subsystem and system level architectural decisions.
• Support development of the navigation hardware for a full array of sensors.

Requirements

• B.S. in electrical engineering or related technical discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in development of spacecraft navigation sensors or spacecraft avionics systems
• Background in low noise analog & high-speed digital circuit design
• Hands-on experience prototyping, debugging, and testing
• Experience creating electrical design schematics and PCB layouts
• Proficient in the use of electrical test equipment (e.g. multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies)
• Experience in designing electrical systems for high radiation and/or space environments
• Experience with spacecraft avionics communications protocols (MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, Ethernet, etc.)
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Nice-to-haves

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Strong FPGA design experience using VHDL
• Experience building lidar sensors
• Solid understanding of electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts selection for human rated space applications/environments
• Experience in terrain relative navigation, hazard relative navigation, and hazard detection and avoidance.

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
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Discretionary bonus designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.