Senior Avionics PCB Engineer - Spaceflight

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC seeks an experienced Sr. PCB Design Engineer to develop avionics hardware for New Glenn.

You will design boards and assemblies, interact with sensors and actuators, and drive verification across the product life-cycle, ensuring performance and reliability for spaceflight systems. The role emphasizes architecture trades, device selection, risk analyses, and adherence to safety and manufacturing standards in a fast-paced environment, with leadership and technical excellence

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with 7+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development.
• Direct hands-on experience developing sophisticated commercial or aerospace electronic assemblies (designing custom cards or integrating COTS hardware).
• Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital and mixed-signal circuit analysis, simulation, design, test, debug, signal integrity, power, grounding and board layout.

Responsibilities

• Develop avionics hardware (boards and integrated assemblies) across life-cycle stages from concept to release to production.
• Create analog and digital boards interfacing with sensors and electromechanical/electrohydraulic actuators, including schematic, layout, test and verification.
• Support architecture trades studies, performance characterization, device selection and roadmap direction.
• Assist in risk analyses (FMECA), DFx, and root-cause analyses of test discrepancies.
• Contribute to program-level technology development and safety initiatives.

Skills

Analog/digital circuits

Signal integrity

Power & grounding

Board layout

Sensors & actuators

Technical communication

Verification & testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Cadence/OrCAD/Allegro

Job description

Blue Origin LLC seeks an experienced Sr. PCB Design Engineer to develop avionics hardware for New Glenn.

You will design boards and assemblies, interact with sensors and actuators, and drive verification across the product life-cycle, ensuring performance and reliability for spaceflight systems. The role emphasizes architecture trades, device selection, risk analyses, and adherence to safety and manufacturing standards in a fast-paced environment, with leadership and technical excellence