Senior Space Avionics Engineer — End-to-End Hardware

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to lead requirements, design, analysis, testing, and reviews for space-rated avionics hardware. You will drive end-to-end development from concept through qualification and production, working within a cross-disciplinary team to ensure performance and reliability in harsh environments.

You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with customers to define architecture, while optimizing converter performance and supporting flight operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 7+ years hands-on experience designing ruggedized electronic components or high-reliability hardware.
• 7+ years hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching DC/DC power supplies, including component selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
• 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 in digital design, including FPGAs, CMOS sensors, DDR memory, and supporting DC/DC converter design.
• Hands-on PCB design using Altium Designer, including multi-laminate stack-ups, impedance-controlled nets, FPGA integration, and EMI/EMC mitigation strategies for flight hardware.
• 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

• 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 incorporate PCB interconnect systems and power integrity analyses.
• Develop and implement controller algorithms to optimize converter performance and efficiency.
• Design avionics solutions for performance and high reliability in harsh environments.
• Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents.
• Plan and conduct engineering tests and data reviews.
• Create and deliver presentations, proposals, and training material on technical subjects.
• Review assembly instructions and support hardware builds.
• Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, and inspection.
• Support Production and Quality Engineering as needed, including dispositioning material defects.
• Manage revisions of the product design configurations through the product lifecycle.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Review and approve designs and documentation created by other team members.

Skills

Leadership

Team collaboration

Schematic design

PCB layout

Flight hardware

Digital design

Altium Designer

Programming (Python/C/MATLAB)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Linux/Windows shell scripting

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to lead requirements, design, analysis, testing, and reviews for space-rated avionics hardware. You will drive end-to-end development from concept through qualification and production, working within a cross-disciplinary team to ensure performance and reliability in harsh environments.

You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with customers to define architecture, while optimizing converter performance and supporting flight operations.