Senior Space Avionics Engineer: Circuit & FPGA Design

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Los Angeles seeks a senior avionics engineer to own end-to-end development of space-rated components. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced setting, driving requirements, design, analysis, and verification across flight hardware.

Responsibilities include collaborating with customers, shaping architecture, and mentoring junior engineers to deliver high-reliability avionics for the TeraWave program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 7+ years hands-on experience designing ruggedized electronic components or high-reliability hardware.
• End-to-end product development experience for a space-rated component, from requirements definition through qualification and production release.
• Experience designing hardware for radiation environments, including EEE parts selection and qualification for space applications.
• Experience integrating complex optoelectronic and electromechanical components into flight hardware assemblies.
• Strong digital design experience, including FPGAs, CMOS sensors, and DDR memory.
• Hands-on PCB design experience using Altium Designer, impedance-controlled nets, EMI/EMC mitigation for flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product development for a space rated component.
• Provide leadership as a member of a cross disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment.
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission critical avionics.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and design architecture.
• Collaborate with the electrical engineering team to analyze interconnects, signal integrity and power integrity.
• Lead design trade studies and complex spaceflight avionics solutions for performance and reliability.
• Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents.

Skills

FPGA

CMOS sensors

DDR memory

Radiation-hardened design

Schematic design

PCB design (Altium)

Python

C/C++

Linux scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Blue Origin in Los Angeles seeks a senior avionics engineer to own end-to-end development of space-rated components. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced setting, driving requirements, design, analysis, and verification across flight hardware.

Responsibilities include collaborating with customers, shaping architecture, and mentoring junior engineers to deliver high-reliability avionics for the TeraWave program.