Senior Spacecraft Avionics Test Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced electrical test engineer to drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical reviews of avionics and assemblies for the TeraWave satellite system. You will lead bench- and vehicle-level electrical test campaigns and coordinate with Systems, Production, and Design Engineers to ensure test readiness.

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering with 7+ years in electrical test; hands-on with RF test equipment, test plans, and ground support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in electrical test, avionics integration and test, or vehicle electrical systems verification.
• Experience leading electrical test campaigns with flight hardware.
• Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, data acquisition systems).
• Hands-on RF test equipment experience (signal generators, spectrum analyzers, attenuators).
• Experience building out electrical ground support equipment.
• Experience developing and executing test procedures from system specs and ICDs.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams across disciplines under schedule pressure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain avionics test hardware, test plans, and verification matrices for spaceflight avionics components.
• Derive electrical test requirements from system specs, ICDs, schematics, and safety requirements.
• Design avionics test equipment to meet manufacturing rate.
• Coordinate with Systems, Production, and Design Engineers to define interface test requirements.
• Own hardware test procedure development, reviews, and approval through qualification and acceptance.
• Lead bench-, vehicle-, and pre-launch electrical test campaigns including power-on and EMI/EMC testing.
• Lead anomaly investigation and root cause analysis with corrective actions.

Skills

Electrical test

Avionics integration

Flight hardware

Electrical test campaigns

RF test equipment

Test procedures

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Root cause analysis

Production interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Power supplies

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Signal generators

Data acquisition systems

RF analysis equipment

GPS/GNSS simulators

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced electrical test engineer to drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical reviews of avionics and assemblies for the TeraWave satellite system. You will lead bench- and vehicle-level electrical test campaigns and coordinate with Systems, Production, and Design Engineers to ensure test readiness.

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering with 7+ years in electrical test; hands-on with RF test equipment, test plans, and ground support