Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer - Lunar Permanence

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for the transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

As part of a passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be a crucial member of the Core Avionics organization within the Lunar Permanence business unit. You will provide technical leadership for the development, delivery, and sustainment of avionics products for Lunar Vehicles, including flight computers, I/O units, embedded controllers, and associated electrical hardware.

This is a hands-on product engineering role with broad technical ownership. You will lead products through the full lifecycle—from concept, product architecture, and requirements development through design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment. You will actively make and influence technical design decisions, work directly with manufacturers and suppliers, and lead bench-level testing, troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and technical risk reduction.

You will serve as a key technical leader across electrical hardware, mechanical packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, systems engineering, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and mission assurance. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration by enabling affordable, safe, and repeatable spaceflight.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end development and technical delivery of complex avionics hardware products, establishing the product architecture, requirements, interfaces, development strategy, verification approach, and path to production.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment; make sound technical tradeoffs balancing performance, reliability, safety, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Lead hardware test and anomaly-resolution efforts, including bench troubleshooting with electronic test equipment, root-cause analysis, corrective-action development, risk assessment, and verification of implemented solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical integrator across electrical hardware, mechanical enclosures and packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, systems, manufacturing, suppliers, test, and mission assurance organizations.
• Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, improve engineering methods and tools, and drive product and process improvements that strengthen quality, development efficiency, and mission success.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in the design, development, build, integration, test, or verification of avionics, electronic hardware, embedded systems, or comparable high-reliability hardware products.
• Demonstrated experience independently owning complex hardware products through the full development lifecycle, including architecture, requirements, design, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustaining engineering.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more relevant technical areas, such as flight computers, embedded controllers, I/O hardware, analog or mixed-signal electronics, digital electronics, power electronics, FPGA-based systems, electronic packaging, or controls interfaces.
• Proven ability to lead complex hardware troubleshooting and root-cause investigations, provide technical direction across disciplines, and communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and decisions to program and leadership stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience developing avionics or other safety-critical, mission-critical, human-rated, or spaceflight hardware products.
• Experience leading integrated product architecture and requirements development across electrical hardware, mechanical packaging, embedded software, FPGA development, controls engineering, and system interfaces.
• Experience working directly with contract manufacturers and suppliers through design for manufacturability, PCB assembly, box build, acceptance testing, nonconformance disposition, qualification, and production readiness.
• Experience with spaceflight hardware environmental qualification and applicable engineering standards, including vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC, radiation, reliability, FMECA, MIL-STD, DO-160, ARP4754, DO-254, or equivalent practices.

Base Pay Range for:

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

Other site ranges may differ

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.

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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
• Required for Certain Job Profiles:  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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Benefits

• Benefits include:  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.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for 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. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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