Avionics Cable Harness Design Engineer III

About the role

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

• Engineering, designing, and installing of electrical harnesses for various spaceflight systems
• Designing electrical harnesses for power distribution, RF, communication, and high-speed data signals
• Selecting harness components and hardware, including connectors, backshells, cable, and wire
• Understanding and applying EMI/RFI and harness shielding
• Creating 3D routed harness data files using Creo (Pro/Engineer) and Cabling and Routed System Designer (RSD)
• Creating harness detail and installation drawings, including 2D flat harness drawings from 3D harness data sets
• Designing and integrating harness support brackets and support design configurations
• Providing technical guidance for hardware installation
• Supporting the assembly and testing of cables and harnesses
• Maintaining and reporting on activity schedules and technical statuses
• Finding opportunities for improvements and operational cost and schedule savings

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical or an appropriate engineering field
• 7+ years of experience designing wire harnesses for the aerospace industry
• Experience with Creo and Windchill and Routed System Designer (RSD)
• Understanding and application of wire derating analysis
• Familiarity with existing applicable harness standards: IPC/WHMA-A-620A, NASA-STD-8739.4
• Strong electrical/mechanical design and integration skills using 3-D CAD software
• U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Qualifications

• Passion for Blue Origin’s mission and vision
• Desired experience with CREO Schematics and/or Piping
• Experience with other high-end CAD routing software such as Unigraphics NX Electrical and Mechanical Routing
• Experience with harness fabrication and installation processes
• Experience with launch vehicle or spacecraft electrical/mechanical systems

Skills

• Creo and Windchill and Routed System Designer (RSD)
• Wire derating analysis
• Existing harness standards: IPC/WHMA-A-620A, NASA-STD-8739.4
• 3-D CAD software
• Electrical/mechanical design and integration skills
• CREO Schematics and/or Piping
• Other high-end CAD routing software such as Unigraphics NX Electrical and Mechanical Routing
• Harness fabrication and installation processes
• Launch vehicle or spacecraft electrical/mechanical systems

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
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $130,706.00 - $182,987.70

Schedule

Not specified