Sr. Electrical Engineer - Avionics Center of Excellence

BLUE ORIGIN • Phoenix, AZ

23d • $156,802 - $219,522

About The Position

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. As part of a the avionics team, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver avionics hardware subsystem elements, including common circuit blocks and development kits. As part of this team, you will design, develop, and verify high-performance avionics hardware for incorporation in various flight vehicles. Together with programs' technical leads you will drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and test of flight and power management components and subsystems elements. Your responsibilities will encompass electronic requirements, architecture concepts, detailed design, development, and test.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 10+ proven years experience in the design of complex hardware
• Skilled Altium user
• High-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting, with a strong understanding of EE principles
• Circuit analysis and simulation, such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and logic or Spice simulation
• Experience in 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
• Design of Data Acquisition Systems and familiarity with a variety of sensor technologies
• Background developing sophisticated circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and 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 or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related subject areas.
• 15+ years proven experience in design, development, integration, test, and operation of Avionics systems or vehicles

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver avionics hardware subsystem elements, including common circuit blocks and development kits.
• Design, develop, and verify high-performance avionics hardware for incorporation in various flight vehicles.
• Drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, fabrication, and test of flight and power management components and subsystems elements.
• Encompass electronic requirements, architecture concepts, detailed design, development, and test.

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%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

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