Senior Digital Hardware Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics

Blue Origin; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a hardware specialist for the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team, focused on digital design and COTS component integration across flight avionics. You will help define requirements and collaborate with senior engineers on space-rated hardware from concept through verification.

You will design and implement digital hardware using FPGAs, with emphasis on PCB layouts and EMI/EMC practices in harsh environments, while supporting mechanical interfaces and tests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years hands-on experience designing ruggedized electronic components or high-reliability hardware with a focus on digital design and hardware implementation.
• Experience contributing to product development activities for space-rated or high-reliability hardware (requirements, design, test, or qualification support).
• Digital design experience including FPGAs and CMOS sensors.
• Hands-on PCB design experience using Altium Designer, multi-layer stack-ups, impedance-controlled nets, FPGA integration, and foundational EMI/EMC mitigation practices.
• Experience selecting, qualifying, and integrating COTS electronic components into hardware assemblies.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hardware focal point for digital design and COTS component selection/integration across spacecraft bus avionics.
• Support end-to-end product development activities for space-rated components, in coordination with senior engineers and technical leads.
• Participate as a contributing member of a cross-disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment.
• Support the design cycle of flight and mission-critical avionics, with emphasis on digital hardware implementation.
• Work with customers and stakeholders to help define requirements and contribute to design architecture.
• Collaborate with the electrical engineering team on PCB interconnect systems, and support signal/power integrity analyses for COTS-based digital designs.
• Contribute to design trade studies evaluating COTS components for performance, reliability, availability, and obsolescence risk.
• Design and implement avionics hardware solutions leveraging COTS components for performance and reliability in harsh environments.
• Support creation of mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents.
• Plan and execute engineering tests and support data review activities.
• Create technical presentations and documentation for assigned subjects.
• Support review of assembly instructions and hardware build activities.
• Support requirements validation through design, test, analysis, and inspection.
• Support Production and Quality Engineering as needed, including dispositioning material defects.
• Support management of product design configuration revisions through the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with and provide technical input to junior engineers on shared tasks.
• Contribute to design and documentation reviews led by senior team members.

Skills

Digital design

FPGAs

CMOS sensors

PCB design

Altium Designer

COTS components

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Python

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a hardware specialist for the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team, focused on digital design and COTS component integration across flight avionics. You will help define requirements and collaborate with senior engineers on space-rated hardware from concept through verification.

You will design and implement digital hardware using FPGAs, with emphasis on PCB layouts and EMI/EMC practices in harsh environments, while supporting mechanical interfaces and tests.