Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer — Lead Spaceflight Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Stock options

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is hiring for a hands-on Core Avionics engineer in the Lunar Permanence team to lead the development of avionics hardware for lunar vehicles, including flight computers, I/O units, and embedded controllers.

You will own architecture, requirements, design, integration, verification, and production, directing risk reduction and technical tradeoffs with suppliers and manufacturing partners. This role offers significant impact on spaceflight affordability and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in design, development, build, integration, test, or verification of avionics or high-reliability hardware.
• Experience owning complex hardware products through the full development lifecycle.
• Expertise in flight computers, embedded controllers, I/O hardware, analog or mixed-signal electronics, digital electronics, power electronics, FPGA-based systems, electronic packaging, or controls interfaces.
• Proven ability to lead complex hardware troubleshooting and communicate risks, tradeoffs, and decisions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development and technical delivery of complex avionics hardware products, establishing architecture, requirements, interfaces, development strategy, verification, and production 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-action development, risk assessment, and verification.
• Serve as primary technical integrator across electrical hardware, enclosures and packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, systems, manufacturing, suppliers, test, and mission assurance.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, improve engineering methods and tools, and drive product and process improvements.

Skills

Flight computers

Embedded controllers

I/O hardware

Analog electronics

Digital electronics

Power electronics

FPGA

Electronic packaging

Controls interfaces

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Blue Origin is hiring for a hands-on Core Avionics engineer in the Lunar Permanence team to lead the development of avionics hardware for lunar vehicles, including flight computers, I/O units, and embedded controllers.

You will own architecture, requirements, design, integration, verification, and production, directing risk reduction and technical tradeoffs with suppliers and manufacturing partners. This role offers significant impact on spaceflight affordability and safety.