Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer for Lunar Landers

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a senior avionics hardware leader to own the end-to-end development and delivery of complex avionics products, including flight computers, I/O, embedded controllers, and related hardware. You will guide architecture, requirements, verification, and production readiness across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software domains.

You will lead bench-level testing, troubleshooting, and risk reduction, mentoring engineers and collaborating with suppliers and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in design, development, build, integration, test, or verification of avionics or high-reliability hardware.
• Experience owning complex hardware products through full development lifecycle.
• Expertise in flight computers, embedded controllers, I/O hardware, analog or mixed-signal electronics, digital electronics, etc.
• Ability to lead hardware troubleshooting, communicate risks, and make technical decisions across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development and technical delivery of avionics hardware products, including architecture, requirements, interfaces, and path to production.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment; balance performance, reliability, safety, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Lead hardware test and anomaly-resolution efforts with bench testing, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and risk assessment.
• Serve as primary technical integrator across electrical hardware, mechanical packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, and mission assurance.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, improve methods/tools, and drive product/process improvements.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Root-cause analysis

System integration

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering (Preferred)

Tools

FPGA-based systems

Electronic test equipment

Embedded systems

Power electronics

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a senior avionics hardware leader to own the end-to-end development and delivery of complex avionics products, including flight computers, I/O, embedded controllers, and related hardware. You will guide architecture, requirements, verification, and production readiness across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software domains.

You will lead bench-level testing, troubleshooting, and risk reduction, mentoring engineers and collaborating with suppliers and manufacturing