Avionics System Engineer II - C&DH

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

20h

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 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. Join Blue Origin in our mission to enable millions of people to live and work in space for the benefit of Earth. As an Avionics Systems Engineer II within the Lunar Permanence team, you will play a pivotal role in developing the Blue Moon landers and associated infrastructure, essential for transporting crew and cargo to the lunar surface. We seek a professional with robust technical expertise, leadership abilities, and a commitment to quality, aimed at advancing safe human spaceflight. A passion for our mission and vision is essential. You will work within the Avionics Command and Data Handling (C&DH) team, bridging the gap between hardware components and system software, ensuring a robust, low-latency data transfer across the C&DH system. You will be responsible for performing and delivering Systems Engineering tasks and related products, focused on integration hardware and software aspects of the C&DH system.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field
• 2+ years of experience in avionics systems design with a significant portion of this experience in the aerospace industry.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission/safety critical systems.
• An understanding of requirements definition, decomposition, and flow-down, circuit design, interface definition, hardware specifications, interface control, analyses, and verification.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment across disciplines

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field
• 4+ years of experience in avionics systems design with a significant portion of this experience in the aerospace industry.
• Experience with human-rated spacecraft
• Experience with full spacecraft design life cycle
• Experience with developing and delivering integrated, space qualified Hardware/Software components.
• A solid hardware and software background is desired.
• Experience with systems safety design practices
• Experience with electrical architecture diagramming practices and tools including MS Visio
• Experience with software tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Creo, Jama, Cameo, Confluence, and JIRA

Responsibilities

• Contribute to C&DH architecture trade studies, concept development, interface definition, hardware specifications, analyses, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support.
• Develop and manage C&DH specification and requirements (at subsystem and component-levels)
• Decompose requirements from subsystem and component level requirements into lower-level requirements
• Perform traceability analysis of requirements to higher levels and to verification activities
• Own the verification and validation of Avionics C&DH requirements in collaboration with Avionics Test Team
• Hardware/Software Integration – Configure, test, and troubleshooting C&DH subsystem and component issues within laboratory and production environments.
• Produce technical writing (procedural definitions, specifications, interfaces, analysis support and description documents).
• Contribute to design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards.

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. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

What This Job Offers

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