Embedded Aerospace Electrical Engineer

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education support program

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a hands-on engineer to own end-to-end LRUs for Embedded Controllers on the New Glenn program. You will interface with design, test, systems, integration, software and control engineering throughout the lifecycle to deliver flight-ready hardware.

The role emphasizes qualification testing in harsh environments, requirement verification, and collaboration with avionics teams to address technical challenges and develop robust solutions for safe spaceflight.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. in electrical, computer engineering or related field with 3+ years of developing and testing complex hardware equipment over the entire product lifecycle.
• Direct hands-on experience in developing complex electronic assemblies with expertise in systems integration and qualification testing.
• Passion for hands-on problem solving and avionics integration and test.
• Ability to work independently on rapid development programs.
• Familiarity with ethernet, SPI protocols, complex computational devices to monitor sensors and drive actuators, analog/digital filters including design, development, and verification.
• Highly organized, safety and quality conscious, with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills.
• Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field.
• Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems with a focus on modular and extensible architectures.
• Experience testing hardware to MIL-STD-461, DO-160 or similar environmental standards
• Experience developing and testing safety and mission-critical systems (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.) aligned with DO-254 or similar standards.
• Proficiency with scripting; programming and analysis/modeling tools: Python, Linux/Windows shell scripting; assembly language, C, C++; MATLAB / Simulink / SPICE (or similar)
• Experience using Altium/Cadence OrCAD/ Allegro (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and integration of LRU assemblies for Embedded Controllers that control various subsystems on New Glenn rocket such as electromechanical/electrohydraulic actuators, sensors, etc.
• Own qualification testing at the integrated assembly level in extreme environments of radiation, temperature, vibration, and EMI/EMC per MIL-STD-461 and DO-160 standards.
• Support stakeholders with requirement definition and verification activities.
• Apply technical expertise to problem solving throughout product lifecycle, including concept, definition, design, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production.
• Support avionics embedded controller architecture trades studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and controller roadmap direction.
• Collaborate with avionics subsystems to identify current technology capabilities, risks, opportunities, challenges and develop solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics integration

Hardware development

Test & qualification

C/C++

Python

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a hands-on engineer to own end-to-end LRUs for Embedded Controllers on the New Glenn program. You will interface with design, test, systems, integration, software and control engineering throughout the lifecycle to deliver flight-ready hardware.

The role emphasizes qualification testing in harsh environments, requirement verification, and collaboration with avionics teams to address technical challenges and develop robust solutions for safe spaceflight.