Senior Electrical Integration Engineer – Space Test Benches

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Sr. Electrical Integration Engineer to join the AI&T team on the Terawave program in California.

You will own the electrical infrastructure for the Vehicle Test Bench and Flatsat, including rack wiring, cable harnesses, and integration of flight hardware and simulators. You will drive design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test feedback to scale bench architecture for high-rate production, while coordinating with EGSE, electrical, and mechanical teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of electrical integration, avionics test, or harness design/installation experience in aerospace/defense environments.
• Proficiency reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, connector pinouts, ICDs.
• Hands-on experience with harness fabrication, connector assembly, and rack wiring in production or lab settings.
• Experience verifying power distribution, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity on complex assemblies.
• Familiarity with ESD controls and IPC/WHMA-A-620 or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design and install rack wiring, cable harnesses, and signal routing for the VTB and Flatsat; maintain wiring documentation.
• Integrate flight hardware, simulators, EGSE, and breakout boxes into the bench; verify interfaces against ICDs.
• Verify power distribution, grounding, and shielding per applicable standards; support power budget validation.
• Provide DFM and DFT feedback to design engineering on connector accessibility and test point placement.
• Support electrical interface verification activities with the Electrical Test team.
• Maintain ESD compliance, FOD prevention, and torque verification records across bench work.
• Coordinate with EGSE Electrical Engineers on signal integrity and interface requirements.
• Support anomaly investigation for bench electrical faults and perform root cause analysis.
• Participate in design reviews and provide inputs on electrical testability and manufacturability.

Skills

Electrical integration

Avionics test

Harness design

Schematic reading

Grounding

IPC/WHMA-A-620

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Zuken E3

CATIA Harness

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Sr. Electrical Integration Engineer to join the AI&T team on the Terawave program in California.

You will own the electrical infrastructure for the Vehicle Test Bench and Flatsat, including rack wiring, cable harnesses, and integration of flight hardware and simulators. You will drive design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test feedback to scale bench architecture for high-rate production, while coordinating with EGSE, electrical, and mechanical teams.