Senior Avionics Engineer — Spaceflight Systems Lead

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a senior avionics leader to guide a multidisciplinary team in designing and delivering advanced avionics hardware for flight vehicles. You will oversee requirements, modeling, analysis, and testing across power management subsystems.

The role emphasizes strong engineering leadership, systems thinking, and a passion for space exploration within a safety-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 10+ years experience in designing, developing, and verifying high-performance avionics hardware and systems.
• Skilled Altium user.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver avionics hardware subsystems and development kits.
• Design, develop, and verify high-performance avionics hardware for flight vehicles.
• Drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and test of flight and power management components.

Skills

Avionics hardware design

Altium

EE principles

High-speed digital/analog

Circuit analysis/simulation

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Master of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a senior avionics leader to guide a multidisciplinary team in designing and delivering advanced avionics hardware for flight vehicles. You will oversee requirements, modeling, analysis, and testing across power management subsystems.

The role emphasizes strong engineering leadership, systems thinking, and a passion for space exploration within a safety-focused culture.