Avionics Electrical Design Engineer II

Blue Origin; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 107,136 - 149,990; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Stock options

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced avionics hardware engineer to design and develop electrical systems for rocket engines. You will work on analog and digital circuits, boards, and rugged assemblies across the product lifecycle, collaborating with a tight-knit team to ensure safety and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and applying DFx, FMECA, and root-cause analysis to meet stringent spaceflight requirements.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of professional 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 conversion, grounding, and general board layout principles.
• Experience with electric motor drive circuits (EMA) is a valuable asset.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical skills (written and verbal).
• Passion for Blue Origin's mission: Millions of people living and working in space.

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.

Skills

Electrical design

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

Op-Amp instrumentation

Signal integrity

DFx / DFM

Project leadership

Mentoring

Test and debug

EMI considerations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

CAD layout tools

Test equipment (OSC, multimeters)

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced avionics hardware engineer to design and develop electrical systems for rocket engines. You will work on analog and digital circuits, boards, and rugged assemblies across the product lifecycle, collaborating with a tight-knit team to ensure safety and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and applying DFx, FMECA, and root-cause analysis to meet stringent spaceflight requirements.