Senior Manager - TeraWave Avionics Platform

BLUE ORIGIN•Spokane, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Blue Origin, the Emerging Systems business unit is developing TeraWave, a satellite communications network aiming to provide symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps globally. This network will comprise 5,408 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and 128 in medium Earth orbit (MEO), offering enterprise-grade connectivity. Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and expand the Avionics Platform team for TeraWave Optical Payloads. This role involves driving development processes and overseeing the entire avionics scope for the optical terminal product family, from architecture through qualification and into volume production. The Senior Manager will lead a multi-disciplinary team including hardware architecture, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, test engineering, and manufacturing engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related discipline
10+ years managing technical teams and/or leading functional groups
10+ years of experience in space flight avionics or electronics hardware development
Proven ability to interpret and apply high-level system requirements to practical design solutions
Experience in a commercial space environment, operating with commercial cost, schedule, and product line discipline
Experience developing a product line of related products built to a common architecture, rather than single-point mission designs
Experience building technical teams and engineering capabilities from an early stage
Experience with electronics for precision electro-mechanical and data handling systems, including high-speed analog and digital control loops, mixed-signal design, low-noise analog front-end circuits, and high-bandwidth servo control systems
Experience with FPGA-based embedded control systems
Demonstrated experience with Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) practices including component selection, design margin policies, and system-level mitigation strategies across total ionizing dose (TID) and single-event effects (SEE)
Comfortable making and owning decisions under uncertainty in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline
Direct experience with optical communication terminal electronics
Familiarity with highly accelerated life testing and highly accelerated stress screening (HALT and HASS)
Experience with COTS component selection and qualification strategies for space
Familiarity with hardware and software co-design at the system level, particularly for embedded network processing applications

Responsibilities

Supply the people, processes, and tools to build and sustain a multi-disciplinary avionics organization scaled to a commercial product development cadence; manage hiring, performance reviews, compensation and promotion, and one-on-one development for your direct reports
Lead by example, mentor team members, and create an environment where people grow into their full potential
Lead the team to perform architecture studies, concept development, ICD development, procurement, verification planning, integration, build and checkout, and operations support across the avionics product family
Develop interface specifications, CONOPS definitions, and design documents for avionics subsystems including hard real-time control electronics, modems, and supervisory electronics
Coordinate hardware, software, and supplier management strategies, including fault tolerance and radiation upset tolerance schemes; own the parts, materials, and processes (PMP) control strategy for the avionics product family
Partner with Blue Origin's radiation engineering team and avionics leads across the company to establish and enforce a program-level Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) strategy covering multiple orbital regimes, encompassing component selection, design margin policy, test requirements, and system-level mitigation approaches across total ionizing dose (TID) and single-event effects (SEE)
Analyze and track key performance metrics throughout the product lifecycle, continually assessing designs to optimize for manufacturability, quality, and cost
Communicate status, risks, and challenges effectively to leadership

Benefits

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%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
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.