Senior Space Avionics Engineer – Flight Hardware Leader

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

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned avionics engineer to own end-to-end development of space-rated components. You will lead a cross-functional team through design, testing, qualification, and production release, collaborating with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and architecture.

You will drive hardware validation, power integrity, FPGA and digital design, and control algorithms for robust, flight-ready solutions in harsh environments, mentoring junior engineers along the way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing ruggedized electronic components or high-performance, high-reliability hardware.
• 7+ years of 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.
• Demonstrated experience with board bring-up, manufacturing support, and initial hardware validation.
• 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 experience 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 printed circuit board interconnect systems and power integrity analyses of these components.
• 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 engineeringtests and datareviews.
• Create and deliver presentations, proposals, and training material on technical subjects.
• Review assembly instructions and support hardwarebuilds.
• 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

Electrical design

PCB layout

Power electronics

Radiation-hardened hardware

FPGA/CMOS

Altium Designer

Schematic capture

EMI/EMC mitigation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a seasoned avionics engineer to own end-to-end development of space-rated components. You will lead a cross-functional team through design, testing, qualification, and production release, collaborating with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and architecture.

You will drive hardware validation, power integrity, FPGA and digital design, and control algorithms for robust, flight-ready solutions in harsh environments, mentoring junior engineers along the way.