Electrical Engineer III - Avionics Center of Excellence

BLUE ORIGIN•Seattle, WA

6d•$130,706 - $182,988

About The Position

This role is part of Blue Origin’s Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) organization, which supports the company’s mission of enabling millions of people to live and work in space for the benefit of Earth. ACE fosters innovation, future-focused engineering workflows, shared solutions and standards, simplicity, lower costs, and manufacturable design. As part of the avionics team, the Electrical Engineer III will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers delivering avionics hardware subsystem elements, including common circuit blocks and development kits. The role designs, develops, and verifies high-performance avionics hardware for integration into flight vehicles. Working with program technical leads, the engineer drives requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and testing of flight and power-management components and subsystem elements. Work spans electronic requirements, architecture concepts, detailed design, development, and test.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
At least 6 years of proven experience designing complex hardware.
Skilled Altium user.
Experience in at least one of the following areas: high-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting, with a strong understanding of electrical engineering principles; circuit analysis and simulation such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and logic or SPICE simulation; grounding and general board-layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs; battery-based power systems, including power management, power switching, charging, and battery safety; computer command and I/O control for sophisticated industrial systems or vehicles; RF communication subsystem and/or component design with a strong background in RF principles; data acquisition system design and familiarity with sensor technologies; or development of sophisticated circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products.
Ability to earn trust and maintain positive, professional relationships.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related subject area.
At least 8 years of proven experience in the design, development, integration, test, and operation of avionics systems or vehicles.

Responsibilities

Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers delivering avionics hardware subsystem elements, including common circuit blocks and development kits.
Design, develop, and verify high-performance avionics hardware for incorporation into flight vehicles.
Work with program technical leads to drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and test of flight and power-management components and subsystem elements.
Contribute across electronic requirements, architecture concepts, detailed design, development, and test.

Benefits

Relocation provided.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability.
401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
Education Support Program.
Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
Paid time off of up to four weeks per year, based on weekly scheduled hours.
Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company intent to reward individual contributions and enable employees to share in company results, or other factors at the company’s sole discretion; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and may change or be canceled.