Principal Avionics Hardware Engineer - New Glenn

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

• Establish hardware requirements and design to work within the integrated vehicle system architecture, including power distribution, interfaces, grounding/bonding, environmental conditions, EMI/EMC design standards, and ESD mitigations.
• Plan and execute hardware development life cycle per company standards, including requirements and architecture definition, schematic capture, layout, fabrication, assembly, functional/acceptance/qualification test, and release to production.
• Coordinate with cross functional team consisting of system, mechanical, software, digital design, reliability engineers throughout the life-cycle.
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management.
• Support root cause analysis on design and test failures.
• Facilitate the team in maintaining hardware configuration and traceability to support quality audits.
• Facilitate transition of development hardware into production, working with the ISC organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. in electrical, computer engineering or related field.
• Sound knowledge of electronics, electrical circuit fundamentals, signal integrity in high speed signals.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience on full life cycle of airborne electronics.
• Familiar with schematic capture, DFx, class 2/3 PCB fabrication and assembly.
• Familiar with testing and qualifying hardware per standards like MIL-STD-1540, DO-160, or SMC-S-016.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs.

Desired

• 8+ years of safety-critical systems development experience (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.).
• Experience designing electronics and systems for space radiation environments.
• Experience in performing reliability, worst case analysis, to inform failure modes and affects.
• Experience with performing system safety analyses including Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).

Pay

• Base Pay Range for CO applicants: $173,466.00 - $242,851.35
• Base Pay Range for WA applicants: $183,193.00 - $256,469.85
• Other site ranges may differ.

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.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for additional benefits and bonuses.

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.