Lead Spacecraft Avionics Test Engineer

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Company holidays

Stock options

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Electrical Test Lead within the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team in Los Angeles. You will drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical reviews of avionics hardware across development phases, from concept to qualification and flight support.

This role requires hands-on test expertise and collaborative problem-solving across disciplines. You will lead test campaigns, develop procedures, and ensure test architectures scale for production while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in electrical test, avionics integration, or vehicle electrical systems verification.
• Demonstrated experience leading electrical test campaigns with flight hardware.
• Hands-on with electrical test equipment and RF test gear.
• Experience building out electrical ground support equipment.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams under schedule pressure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain avionics electrical test hardware, test plans, and verification matrices.
• Derive electrical test requirements from specs, ICDs, schematics, and safety rules.
• Design test equipment to meet manufacturing rate and interface with production.
• Lead cross-functional coordination for interface test requirements.
• Own test procedure development, reviews, and qualification approvals.
• Lead bench, vehicle, and pre-launch electrical test campaigns and EMI/EMC tests.
• Investigate anomalies; drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing early in design to ensure testability and integration.
• Identify and drive test automation, instrumentation, and data acquisition strategies.
• Design test interfaces and GSE for producibility and rate increases.

Skills

Electrical test

Avionics integration

Test campaigns

RF test equipment

Team leadership

Test procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

Signal generators

Spectrum analyzers

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Electrical Test Lead within the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team in Los Angeles. You will drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical reviews of avionics hardware across development phases, from concept to qualification and flight support.

This role requires hands-on test expertise and collaborative problem-solving across disciplines. You will lead test campaigns, develop procedures, and ensure test architectures scale for production while