Blue Origin

Principal Avionics Hardware Engineer - New Glenn

Blue Origin$183K — $256K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in electrical or computer engineering or related field
  • Knowledge of electronics and high-speed signal integrity
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience with airborne electronics
  • Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB fabrication
  • Experience qualifying hardware per MIL-STD-1540, DO-160, or relevant standards
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively on rapid development projects

Responsibilities

  • Establish hardware requirements within the integrated vehicle system architecture
  • Plan and execute hardware development life cycle phases per company standards
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams throughout the product life-cycle
  • Communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management
  • Support root cause analysis for design and test failures
  • Maintain hardware configuration and traceability for quality audits
  • Transition development hardware into production with ISC organization

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance options including supplemental coverage
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability
  • 401(k) with up to 5% company match
  • Stock options for regular employees
  • Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year and 14 company-paid holidays
  • Eligibility for performance bonuses based on individual contributions and company results
Full Job Description
Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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.

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for product development and delivery of mission computing hardware for New Glenn. This hands-on position requires experience in developing, validating, executing Environmental and EMI/EMC test plans in order to produce reliable flight hardware.

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

Responsibilities:
  • Establish hardware requirements and design to work within the integrated vehicle system architecture, including power distribution, interfaces, grounding/bonding, environmental conditions, EMI/EMC design standards, and ESD mitigations.
  • Plan and execute hardware development life cycle per company standards, including requirements and architecture definition, schematic capture, layout, fabrication, assembly, functional/acceptance/qualification test, and release to production.
  • Coordinate with cross functional team consisting of system, mechanical, software, digital design, reliability engineers throughout the life-cycle.
  • Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management.
  • Support root cause analysis on design and test failures.
  • Facilitate the team in maintaining hardware configuration and traceability to support quality audits
  • Facilitate transition of development hardware into production, working with the ISC organization


Qualifications:
  • Minimum of a B.S. in electrical, computer engineering or related field
  • Sound knowledge of electronics, electrical circuit fundamentals, signal integrity in high speed signals
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience on full life cycle of airborne electronics
  • Familiar with schematic capture, DFx, class 2/3 PCB fabrication and assembly
  • Familiar with testing and qualifying hardware per standards like MIL-STD-1540, DO-160, or SMC-S-016
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs


Desired:
  • 8+ years of safety-critical systems development experience (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.)
  • Experience designing electronics and systems for space radiation environments
  • Experience in performing reliability, worst case analysis, to inform failure modes and affects
  • Experience with performing system safety analyses including Functional Hazard
  • Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)


Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $183,193.00 - $256,469.85

Other site ranges may differ

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.
  • Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
  • Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
  • Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.


About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
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2000

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