Senior Avionics Test Engineer — Spacecraft Hardware

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 197,529 - 276,540; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks a senior avionics test engineer to drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical review for the TeraWave system from concept through qualification and flight support.

You will lead bench-, vehicle-, and pre-launch electrical test campaigns, collaborate with manufacturing, and push for scalable test architectures and automation to reduce cycle time and improve first-pass yield.

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain the avionics test strategy and verification matrix.
• Derive electrical test requirements from specs, ICDs, schematics, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional interface test requirements.
• Lead test procedure development, review, and qualification workflows.
• Drive test automation and data acquisition to reduce cycle time.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical test campaigns including power-on, functional verification, and EMI/EMC testing.
• Investigate and resolve electrical test anomalies; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Partner with manufacturing to ensure test infrastructures integrate with production flow and tooling.
• Identify and drive test automation, instrumentation, and data acquisition to shorten cycles.
• Design test interfaces for producibility and scalable test architectures across multiple vehicles.
• Track unit-to-unit test time, first-pass yield, and anomaly rate as readiness indicators.

Skills

Leadership

Test planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Test automation

Education

Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

GPS/GNSS simulators

Automated test framework

Scripting (Python/Shell)

Job description

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks a senior avionics test engineer to drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical review for the TeraWave system from concept through qualification and flight support.

You will lead bench-, vehicle-, and pre-launch electrical test campaigns, collaborate with manufacturing, and push for scalable test architectures and automation to reduce cycle time and improve first-pass yield.