Senior Space Avionics Hardware Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; Washington; On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Short and long-term disability

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock options

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in Washington seeks a Power Engineer for spacecraft avionics, responsible for designing, developing, and testing critical electrical systems from components to integrated hardware.

You will collaborate across mechanical, thermal, software, and systems teams to ensure radiation-hardened, reliable power architectures, lead harness fabrication, and support vehicle-level testing and launches.

Qualifications

• Requires BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of avionics/power hardware development in high-reliability contexts.
• Hands-on experience building/wiring harnesses and prototype electronics.
• Understanding of circuit analysis, derating, and power budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test spacecraft avionics systems.
• Lead the design and analysis of power generation, energy storage, regulation, and distribution architectures.
• Fabricate, assemble, and test harnesses and prototype hardware for rapid prototyping.
• Design for space radiation environments and apply radiation hardening (TID/SEE).
• Define and manage sensor interfaces (IMUs, star trackers, magnetometers, transducers).
• Develop schematics, manage PCB layout, and perform SPICE simulations.
• Create test plans and reports for hardware verification and validation at multiple levels.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues across integrated systems and support vehicle-level testing.

Skills

Power electronics

Avionics

Hands-on engineering

Schematic capture

PCB layout

SPICE simulations

Sensor interfaces

Radiation hardening

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in related discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in Washington seeks a Power Engineer for spacecraft avionics, responsible for designing, developing, and testing critical electrical systems from components to integrated hardware.

You will collaborate across mechanical, thermal, software, and systems teams to ensure radiation-hardened, reliable power architectures, lead harness fabrication, and support vehicle-level testing and launches.