Blue Origin · 2 hours ago
Sr. Avionics Systems Engineer - Command & Data Handling / Networking Engineer
Space Coast, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $202K/yr
8+ years expBlue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable and safe space vehicles and systems. The Senior Avionics Systems Engineer will be pivotal in developing the Blue Moon landers and associated infrastructure, ensuring safe transport of crew and cargo to the lunar surface through robust technical expertise and leadership in avionics systems.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Contribute to or lead C&DH architecture trade studies, concept development, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support
Analyze, manage, and interpret requirements at the C&DH subsystem level and flow down requirements to lower-level component specifications
Generate verification and validation plans, and work with Integration and Test team to ensure the C&DH subsystem meets requirements
Develop and manage network architecture, integrating multiple subsystems while ensuring deterministic performance and budget compliance
Develop and manage C&DH fault tree analyses and other reliability analyses across the system lifecycle
Produce technical writing (procedural definitions, specifications, interfaces, analysis support and description documents)
Contribute to design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards
Provide technical mentorship and peer review within the avionics engineering team
Qualification
Required
B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical subject area
8+ years relevant experience in the full life cycle development of avionics systems, including requirements, design, integration, test, and operations
Highly knowledgeable of systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission/safety critical systems
An understanding of requirements definition, decomposition, and flow-down, circuit design, interface definition, hardware specifications, interface control, analyses, and verification
Demonstrated expertise delivering complex, safety critical C&DH or similarly highly integrated avionics systems involving multiple subsystems and networked and IO interfaces
Demonstrated expertise related to configuring and managing time-sensitive, deterministic networks such as like Time Sensitive Networking, ARINC 664, Time Triggered Ethernet, or other approaches
Demonstrated expertise with Network/Precision Time Protocol and layer 2/3 networking (e.g., Ethernet, VLANs, QoS, IP, TCP/UDP, routing, etc.)
Demonstrated functional understanding of common electrical digital and analog interfaces (e.g. Serial Bus Communications, Video, Audio, Ethernet, Analog Sensors, etc.)
Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
Strong ability and desire to analyze complex systems and deliver results-oriented solutions
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
Preferred
M.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Electrical, or related technical subject area
Experience with human-rated spacecraft
Experience with full spacecraft design life cycle
Experience with developing and delivering integrated, space qualified Hardware/Software components. A solid hardware and software background is desired
Experience with network topologies, architectures, and design principles
Experience with spacecraft communication protocols (CCSDS)
Experience with systems safety design practices
Experience with electrical architecture diagramming practices and tools including MS Visio
Experience with software tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Creo, Jama, Cameo, Confluence, and JIRA
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, and 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
Recent News
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