Senior Test Avionics Engineer - Spaceflight Hardware

Blue Origin; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Disability Insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Education Support

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Test Avionics Engineer to lead the development, integration, and execution of critical tests on ground and flight hardware, acting as the domain owner for data acquisition, test platform sequencing, embedded hardware and software, and test component integration.

The ideal candidate collaborates across test engineering, procurement, manufacturing, electronics, and software to deliver robust data acquisition solutions and conducts artifacts for test planning and readiness

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, physics, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other relevant engineering field.
• Established professional expertise in understanding and application of engineering fundamentals across the development cycle of systems including requirements, design, analysis, fabrication, assembly, verification and test.
• 5+ years of experience in test engineering, data acquisition, signal processing, and/or embedded systems design, with demonstrated progression in technical scope and responsibility.
• Deep knowledge of signals and systems principles, including sensor calibration and error modeling.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain requirements associated with data acquisition systems for a variety of test activities including aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, thermal/aerothermal, environmental qualification, propulsion, jettison, subscale, and full-scale flight test articles.
• Develop, integrate, and maintain test equipment including vertically integrated mission sequencing and data acquisition embedded hardware.
• Support sensor modeling and performance characterization for inertial measurement units (IMUs), pressure transducers, accelerometers, EO/IR sensors and visual odometry systems, load cells, strain, and thermal sensors.
• Coordinate system integration with test engineers and test operators, ensuring proper data interfaces, timing, and computational resource allocations.
• Develop artifacts to support test planning, documentation, and test readiness reviews.
• Support ground and flight test activities as a data acquisition responsible engineer.

Skills

Data acquisition

Test engineering

Embedded systems

Sensor basics

Software development

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering field

M.S. in STEM field (desired)

Tools

C/C++

Arduino

ARM SoC

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Test Avionics Engineer to lead the development, integration, and execution of critical tests on ground and flight hardware, acting as the domain owner for data acquisition, test platform sequencing, embedded hardware and software, and test component integration.

The ideal candidate collaborates across test engineering, procurement, manufacturing, electronics, and software to deliver robust data acquisition solutions and conducts artifacts for test planning and readiness