Senior Aerospace Avionics Subsystems Engineer Crewed Lander

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) match

Education support program

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a skilled avionics program professional to lead design release planning for the MK2 lunar lander avionics. You will coordinate across teams to mature designs, release drawings, and procure hardware needed for testing and flight, while managing budgets, schedules, and supplier relations.

This role sits in the Lunar MK2 Avionics team, focusing on design, development, and integration of avionics for the crewed lander.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree or equivalent in Engineering, Aerospace Sciences, Business, Operations Management, Mathematics, or related disciplines.
• 2+ years of experience planning and managing projects/programs including priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost.
• Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements mgmt, and Cost Account Management
• Experience developing product schedules and managing complex system developments
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and provide imaginative and detailed solutions
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Support design release planning, organization, and execution across avionics subsystems.
• Manage program metrics and reporting tools (budget, schedules, procurement, production).
• Interface with the avionics director and subsystem teams to execute the avionics development plan.
• Coordinate dependencies between teams to mature design, release drawings, and procure avionics hardware for testing and flight.
• Track and manage engineering products to support production readiness and reduce risk.
• Develop engineering-driven procurement packages and provide guidance for vendor selection.
• Write technical proposals, statements of work, and key decision tickets.
• Interface with NASA customer and other teams to provide schedule and deliverables.
• Identify, manage, and close key risks and opportunities.

Skills

Project planning

Critical path scheduling

Risk management

Scheduling coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or STEM

Tools

Confluence

P6 Primavera

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a skilled avionics program professional to lead design release planning for the MK2 lunar lander avionics. You will coordinate across teams to mature designs, release drawings, and procure hardware needed for testing and flight, while managing budgets, schedules, and supplier relations.

This role sits in the Lunar MK2 Avionics team, focusing on design, development, and integration of avionics for the crewed lander.