Avionics Hardware Engineer III - New Glenn Rocket

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,706 - 182,987; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an Avionics Hardware Data Acquisition Engineer to design, integrate, and test data acquisition systems for New Glenn launch vehicles. You will contribute across the full product lifecycle, from concept to deployment, within a rapid development environment.

A bias for action and quality results will help advance safe human spaceflight. The role emphasizes sensor integration, FPGA-processing readiness, and heavy emphasis on accuracy, environmental testing, and cross-disciplinary

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in avionics systems design, aerospace preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal conditioning and analog front-end design for sensor data to ADC.
• Familiar with excitation PCB schemes and isolation design.
• Experience with MIL-STD and environmental testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop system requirements for data acquisition systems used in vehicle health monitoring and performance analysis.
• Create and review schematics based on system requirements and design specs.
• Review PCB designs, ensuring signal integrity, thermal management, and aerospace standards.
• Conduct benchmarking and performance analysis to guide design and optimization.
• Collaborate with embedded software and network OS teams during system integration.
• Design robust systems for extreme environments compliant with SMC-S-016.
• Incorporate design-for-assembly (DFM/ DFA) early in lifecycle.
• Explore AI-enabled inspection/automation to improve capacity and reduce bottlenecks with BIT solutions.
• Support full development lifecycle from requirements to deployment and documentation.
• Lead LRU design validation of high-performance DAQ systems, ensuring sensor excitation stability and anti-aliasing integrity.

Skills

Avionics systems design

Signal conditioning

AFE design

Time synchronization

Hardware debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Multimeters

SMUs

Job description

Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

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.

The New Glenn Avionics team is multidisciplinary covering power, GNC, network and communications, Software, embedded systems, sensors, cabling, testing and integration. This position is for an Avionics Data Acquisition Engineer who will focus on developing, integrating and testing data acquisition systems for our launch vehicles. This position will be as an active participant in a rapid development environment and requires a bias for action while delivering quality results. The decisions made will contribute to Blue Origin's long‑term success in human spaceflight. The role requires comfort with ambiguity and an ability to find innovative solutions to complex problems.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated Avionics Hardware Data Acquisition Engineer with a passion for spacecraft instrumentation and measurement systems throughout the full product lifecycle from conceptualization through deployment. The ideal candidate should have strong fundamentals in data acquisition system design and sensor integration with an interest in contributing to space systems. Candidates are encouraged to apply if they meet most, but not all, of the qualifications below.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, attention to detail, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities

• Design and develop system requirements for data acquisition systems utilized for vehicle health monitoring and performance analysis.
• Create and review schematics based on system requirements, ensuring accuracy and adherence to design specifications.
• Review detailed PCB designs and layouts. Ensure designs meet all required aerospace and industry standards, including signal integrity, thermal considerations, and mechanical constraints.
• Conduct benchmarking and performance analysis to guide the design and optimization through LRU NPI process.
• Collaborate with embedded software and network OS teams during system integration.
• Design robust systems capable of operating in extreme environments that meet environmental testing requirements applicable to SMC‑S‑016.
• Collaborate with design teams to integrate DFM and DFA (Design for Assembly) principles early in the lifecycle to reduce labor‑intensive manual processes.
• Evaluate and implement AI‑enabled inspection and automation to enhance capacity and reduce production bottlenecks with BIT (Built‑In‑Test) solutions.
• Support the full development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and documentation.
• Lead the LRU design validation of high‑performance DAQ systems by verifying sensor excitation stability, anti‑aliasing filter integrity, and accuracy requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, with a strong track record in electronics and computing.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in avionics systems design. Significant portion of this experience in the aerospace industry preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal conditioning circuits designing the analog front‑end (AFE) that prepares raw sensor data such as temperature, pressure, vibration, and acceleration for accurate digitization by an ADC and subsequent processing by an FPGA.
• Familiar with excitation PCB schemes (Wheatstone bridges or IEPE constant‑current sources).
• Experience with mixed‑signal isolation design for establishing robust isolation strategies to prevent digital noise from FPGAs and processors from corrupting analog sensor data.
• Understanding of sampling design and potential impacts to system (aliasing, under/over sampling, and resolution).
• Familiarity with event correlation and time synchronization schemes.
• Hands‑on experience with hardware validation and debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and SMUs.
• Hands‑on experience with performing environmental test and data reviews derived from MIL‑STD and SMC‑S‑016.
• Skilled in deriving and analyzing system requirements and decomposing complex problems into clear, actionable steps for hardware implementation and PCB development.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively in a multi‑disciplinary team and articulate technical concepts clearly.

Compensation

WA applicants: $130,706.00 – $182,987.70.

Other site ranges may differ.

Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check.
• Required for certain job profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation.
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• Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre‑employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical.

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 per 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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