Avionics Hardware Engineer - New Glenn Rocket

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

23h

About The Position

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 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. The New Glenn Avionics team is multidisciplinary covering power, GNC, network and communications, Software, embedded systems, sensors, cabling, testing and integration. This position is for an Avionics Data Acquisition Engineer who will focus on developing, integrating and testing data acquisition systems for our launch vehicles. This position will be as an active participant in a rapid development environment and requires a bias for action while delivering quality results. The decisions made will contribute to Blue Origin's long-term success in human spaceflight. The role requires comfort with ambiguity and an ability to find innovative solutions to complex problems. About the Role We are seeking a motivated Avionics Hardware Data Acquisition Engineer with a passion for spacecraft instrumentation and measurement systems throughout the full product lifecycle from conceptualization through deployment. The ideal candidate should have strong fundamentals in data acquisition system design and sensor integration with an interest in contributing to space systems. Candidates are encouraged to apply if they meet most, but not all, of the qualifications below. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, attention to detail, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, with a strong track record in electronics and computing.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in avionics systems design.
• Significant portion of this experience in the aerospace industry preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal conditioning circuits designing the analog front-end (AFE) that prepares raw sensor data such as temperature, pressure, vibration, and acceleration for accurate digitization by an ADC and subsequent processing by an FPGA
• Familiar with excitation PCB schemes (Wheatstone bridges or IEPE constant-current sources)
• Experience with mixed-signal isolation design for establish robust isolation strategies to prevent digital noise from FPGAs and processors from corrupting analog sensor data
• Understanding of sampling design and potential impacts to system (aliasing, under/over sampling, and resolution)
• Familiarity with event correlation and time synchronization schemes
• Hands-on experience with hardware validation and debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and SMUs.
• Hands-on experience with performing environmental test and data reviews derived from MIL-STD and SMC-S-016.
• Skilled in deriving and analyzing system requirements and decomposing complex problems into clear, actionable steps for hardware implementation and PCB development.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and articulate technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop system requirements for data acquisition systems utilized for vehicle health monitoring and performance analysis
• Create and review schematics based on system requirements, ensuring accuracy and adherence to design specifications.
• Review detailed PCB designs and layouts. Ensure designs meet all required aerospace and industry standards, including signal integrity, thermal considerations, and mechanical constraints.
• Conduct benchmarking and performance analysis to guide the design and optimization through LRU NPI process.
• Collaborate with embedded software and network OS teams during system integration.
• Design robust systems capable of operating in extreme environments that meet environmental testing requirements applicable to SMC-S-016
• Collaborate with design teams to integrate DFM and DFA (Design for Assembly) principles early in the lifecycle to reduce labor-intensive manual processes
• Evaluate and implement AI-enabled inspection and automation to enhance capacity and reduce production bottlenecks with BIT (Built-In-Test) solutions.
• Support the full development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and documentation.
• Lead the LRU design validation of high-performance DAQ systems by verifying sensor excitation stability, anti-aliasing filter integrity, and accuracy requirements.

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level