Blue Origin · 2 hours ago
Principal Avionics Hardware Design Engineer - New Glenn
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$183K/yr - $256K/yr
15+ years expBlue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Principal Avionics Hardware Design Engineer will be responsible for avionics controller hardware architecture for various spaceflight systems and will contribute to innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop analog and digital boards that interact with avionics systems (including sensors and electromechanical/electrohydraulic actuators); including analysis, schematic capture, layout, design review, test/verification and release
Develop avionics hardware (boards and integrated assemblies). Have a solid understanding of the entire product life-cycle, including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production
Support avionics architecture trades studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and controller roadmap direction
Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies
Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements
Qualification
Required
Undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with 15+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development
Direct hands-on experience developing sophisticated commercial or aerospace electronic assemblies (designing custom cards or integrating COTS hardware)
Direct hands-on experience with analog/power, digital and mixed-signal circuit analysis, simulation, design, test, debug, signal integrity, power, grounding and board layout
Experience with analog and digital filters, signal conditioning and signal processing using discrete components
Experience with use of sophisticated computational devices (combinational and sequential logic) to supervise sensors and control actuators; including design, development and verification
Highly organized standout colleague with excellent technical communication skills (written and verbal)
Preferred
Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field with 20+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development
Proven expertise designing high-reliability, safety-critical, Class 2/3 board assemblies; including familiarity with IPC 6xx and NASA-STD-8739.n (or similar) standards
Proficiency using Altium/Cadence OrCAD / Allegro (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards; and experience working with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors
Experience with designing safety or critically important aerospace flight hardware aligned with DO-254
Experience with development of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant, radiation-hardened flight hardware intended for prolonged exposure to extreme space environments
Benefits
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%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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