Avionics Systems Engineer - Lunar Permanence

About the role

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. The goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Lunar Permanence Lead Systems Engineers, Spacecraft Vehicle Engineering, Flight Software, and Ground Systems Engineering Teams to define system requirements in a model-based environment across multiple customers and missions.
• Engage with internal and external customers, including government agencies and contractors, to perform analysis of unique customer and mission requirements.
• Develop and manage requirement specifications, including internal and external interfaces, with accurate flow-down and traceability.
• Understand and define the relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures.
• Establish certification, verification, and validation approaches for team analysis tools’ methodology and results.
• Establish verification approaches and plans for system requirements and identify Integration and Test activities required for successful requirements Verification Closure Notices.
• Work across organizational boundaries to manage the successful acquisition of verification data necessary to show compliance to system requirements.
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and be able to report key metrics and issues effectively to program leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation.
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the “Systems Engineering V”.
• Background in one or more Avionics subsystems, including Electrical Power, Command and Data Handling, Communications, and Harness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications include spacecraft analysis and/or test background, familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering, familiarity with System Modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, experience across the product life cycle (pre-conceptual design through operational support), software or scripting language experience, knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA, working knowledge of DO-254, DO-178, DO-160, SMC-S-016, NASA 7150.2, or other similar hardware/software assurance, verification, and test standards, and a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related discipline.

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%, and an 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.