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 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 techniques.
• 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 configurations.
• Developing trade studies and 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

• B.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 or national, 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) proficiency.
• Wire derating analysis knowledge.
• Understanding of harness standards: IPC/WHMA-A-620A, NASA-STD-8739.4.
• Strong electrical/mechanical design and integration skills.
• Experience with harness fabrication and installation processes.
• Experience with 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.
• Other benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $130,706.00 - $182,987.70. Other site ranges may differ.

Schedule

Details on the schedule will be provided during the interview process.