Senior Avionics Systems Engineer – Lunar Mechanisms

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer III to join the Lunar Core Components team on the Blue Moon program. You will lead Systems Engineering tasks, integrate electro-mechanical systems, and collaborate with avionics, mechanisms, and test IPTs to deliver a robust Mechanisms Subsystem for lunar missions.

You will drive requirements, interfaces, and verification activities, mentoring junior engineers and shaping design reviews. A passion for safe, repeatable spaceflight is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in avionics systems design, aerospace preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power distribution, embedded systems, feedback control, communications, actuators, sensors, cabling, and interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop & manage Mechanisms Avionics specifications and requirements (subsystem and component levels).
• Develop & manage Mechanisms Avionics interfaces, ICDs, and models with adjacent IPTs.
• Decompose requirements from system to lower levels.
• Mentor early-career Mechanisms & Avionics Systems Engineers on the Lunar Program.
• Standardize Mechanisms Systems Engineering approaches.
• Own verification and validation of Mechanisms Avionics requirements with test engineers.
• Perform traceability analysis of requirements to higher levels and verification activities.

Skills

Avionics systems design

Signal integrity

Power distribution

Embedded systems

Creo 3D modeling

PCB schematic design

HIL testing

Requirements management

Traceability analyses

System integration

Education

B.S. in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering

Tools

Jama

Windchill

Cameo

Creo

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer III to join the Lunar Core Components team on the Blue Moon program. You will lead Systems Engineering tasks, integrate electro-mechanical systems, and collaborate with avionics, mechanisms, and test IPTs to deliver a robust Mechanisms Subsystem for lunar missions.

You will drive requirements, interfaces, and verification activities, mentoring junior engineers and shaping design reviews. A passion for safe, repeatable spaceflight is essential.