MK2 Crew Lander GN&C Hardware Engineer II
About The Position
This role is part of Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Moon landers and related products. The team is building sustainable infrastructure to transport crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a spacecraft development engineering team, the GN&C Hardware Engineer contributes to hardware engineering and mechanical integration for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) subsystem and its components. The role covers navigation hardware requirements, performance and configuration trade studies, installation drawings, structural analysis of hardware mounting, and integration, test, installation, alignment, and verification compliance throughout the program lifecycle. The engineer coordinates with vehicle systems engineering, mechanical design, structures, thermal, harness, assembly, integration and test (AI&T), and dynamics teams to meet vehicle performance deliverables, and communicates technical information clearly in writing and verbally. The role supports safe human spaceflight and calls for technical expertise, leadership, commitment to quality, and enthusiasm for Blue Origin’s mission. A background check is required. The position is subject to U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. degree and confirmed experience in engineering or a related field; preference for mechanical, aerospace, and/or electrical engineering.
- Validated experience with at least one or more of the following GN&C hardware: inertial navigation units (gyros and accelerometers), GPS receivers, star-trackers, and/or EO/IR sensors.
- Experience supporting integration and test.
- Operational knowledge of inertial and relative navigation sensors.
- Demonstrated experience verifying and testing navigation systems.
- Proficiency creating avionics requirements and procurement specifications.
- Experience with spacecraft avionics communications protocols such as RS-422 or SpaceWire.
- Experience with Creo Parametric or other CAD tools.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- 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
- M.S. in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience developing spacecraft GN&C or spacecraft avionics systems.
- Subject-matter expertise in GD&T and production drawing creation, including CDM requirements for production-release flight hardware drawings.
- Experience with design configuration control from early trade studies through final design, manufacturing, and test.
- Experience performing loads and stress analysis for component mounting structures, including point-load modeling and integration of vendor-furnished FEMs.
- Experience producing standardized structural analysis reports using established tools and standards, including margins of safety and applicable design rules.
- Experience in sensor procurement.
- Experience designing, building, testing, or flying space vehicles.
- Knowledge of planetary spacecraft navigation development.
- Experience in spaceflight avionics.
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop simulation.
- Experience in flight testing spacecraft navigation or avionics.
- Experience with radiation testing and analysis, including cumulative dose damage and single-event effects.
- Experience with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing.
- Experience with metrology, including position and alignment measurements.
- Experience with laboratory test equipment such as power supplies, meters, oscilloscopes, and data acquisition equipment.
- Experience generating interface control drawings (ICDs) and installation drawings.
- Proven systems engineering and configuration leadership skills.
- Experience with Windchill and Jama.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to GN&C hardware requirements derived from system-level specifications, including flow-down to subsystem and component levels and associated verification methods.
- Support GN&C hardware configuration design through design studies and sensor performance trades.
- Contribute to procurement, vendor coordination, delivery, acceptance, installation, verification, validation, qualification, and certification of navigation hardware.
- Guide and perform testing and analyses, including flight, thermal-vacuum, and vibration testing, to validate system specifications and requirements and establish sensor performance specifications.
- Support the GN&C hardware test and verification campaign.
- Support development and execution of component-level navigation test programs, including sensor characterization, sensor modeling, and integrated on-vehicle testing.
- Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, on-vehicle functional testing, and flight testing.
- Coordinate design with vehicle systems engineering, mechanical design, structures, thermal, harness, AI&T, and dynamics teams.
- Communicate technical information clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Depending on role type and job level, possible benefits and bonuses based on company discretion; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
