Avionics Systems Engineer - New Glenn

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Responsibilities

As a key member of our Avionics Systems Engineering team, you will help drive New Glenn to flight as the interface between Avionics and launch vehicle subsystems, empowering a multidisciplinary team of engineers. We engage with various partners, guiding implementation and integration, and gathering verification artifacts to build a rocket. You thrive on solving ambiguously defined problems in a safety conscious environment.

You're able to adapt to changing circumstances while being detail oriented and passionate about team and company priorities. We are looking for quick studies, who loves collaborating with skilled and deeply technical teams. People who can handle tough objectives for yourself and the team you are supporting. Team members who deeply enjoy driving teams to bring new systems online in labs and on operational vehicles. This collaboration with other avionics teams will ensure that their component is properly defined, and the interfaces are collected in a technically feasible way. These efforts will help the integrated avionics platform will meet Blue's long-term vision of millions of people living and working in space!

Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, robotics or robotic engineering, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, systems engineering or related technical field.
• Hands-on experience in a lab setting working with electrical test equipment: DMM, oscilloscopes, Wireshark, logic analyzers, data analysis.
• Prior avionics experience in safety critical industry: aircraft, rockets, drones, nuclear, medical devices
• 2+ years of related Systems engineering experience in requirements capture, tracing, and verification planning.
• Proficient in Python, 2+ years’ experience for verification test automation
• Multidisciplinary experience, proficiency in engineering skills used to design, develop, and evaluate software/electrical/mechanical/operational systems.
• Engaging communicator, able to explain difficult engineering concepts to people of other engineering fields: Electrical, Software, Mechanical
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in relevant field
• Extensive knowledge of several of the following avionics specialties: Instrumentation, RF, Ethernet networking/AFDX, circuit design, safety critical software, wire harnesses, test equipment, environmental/DO-160 testing.
• Well versed in safety analyses such as those described in ARP4761, NUREG-0492, NASA
• AFTH (Functional Hazard Analyses (FHA), Fault Tree Analyses (FTAs))
• Avionics experience across the entire product life-cycle concept, design, integration, verification, flight test, block upgrades of avionics or space systems.
• Experience with software tools such as JIRA, Oracle Primavera P6, Cameo, DOORs/DNG, MATLAB/Simulink, Confluence, Git, Creo, Altium, and Windchill.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $167,088-$233,923

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include:  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

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