Electrical Design Engineer Sr

About the role

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

Responsibilities

• Interpret systems engineering and quality requirements as they apply to electrical product development.
• Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product life-cycle; including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production.
• Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
• Manage design schedules of avionics subsystem.
• Routinely present program status and issues.
• Identify root cause failure modes using fault tree and fishbone methodologies.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 10 years of professional experience of which 8+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development.
• Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital circuit design, analysis, test, and debug.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles.
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical skills (written and verbal).
• Experience with data anomaly review and system troubleshooting in a lab or test environment.
• Passion for Blue Origin’s mission: Millions of people living and working in space.

Desired

• Graduate degree (or higher) in related engineering or technical field.
• Expertise designing electronics in a space radiation environment.
• Proven expertise crafting high-reliability, safety-critical, Class 3 board assemblies.
• Understanding of mechanical packaging of avionics in harsh environmental conditions.
• Power conversion electronics as applied to controlling BLDC motor.
• Knowledge of electric motor design and construction.
• Knowledge of EMI issues related to high voltage design.
• Proficiency using CAD layout tools to craft sophisticated printed circuit boards; and experience working with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors.
• Exposure to designing safety or critically important aerospace flight hardware aligned with DO-254.
• Exposure to development of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant, radiation-tolerant flight hardware intended for prolonged exposure to extreme space environments.

Pay

For WA applicants is $156,802.00 - $219,522.45

Schedule

Not specified

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

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check Required for all positions

• Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Driver Qualification Files
• Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding)
• Road Test
• Hours of Service
• Drug and Alcohol Testing (CDL drivers only)
• vehicle inspection requirements
• CDL requirements (if applicable)
• Hazardous materials transportation/shipping training

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com. Please note this is a publicly managed inbox. Please do not include any personal medical information in your request.