Test Avionics Engineer

Blue Origin • Southgate, WA

19h

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 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 hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will directly support hardware testing across a wide variety of space hardware development projects. The Test Avionics Engineer serves as a technical lead for developing, integrating, assembling, and executing critical tests on ground and flight hardware by acting as a domain owner for data acquisition, test platform sequencing, embedded hardware and software development, and test component integration. The Test Avionics Engineer coordinates across disciplines including test engineering, procurement, manufacturing engineering, electronics engineering, and software to deliver robust solutions that support critical test data acquisition objectives. The ideal candidate brings diverse expertise in assembling and operating data acquisition and mission sequencing platforms on a variety of ground, airborne, and space-based assets, leverages a confident results-driven leadership and ownership style, and has a strong systems-level perspective combined with a solid theoretical background.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, physics, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other relevant engineering field.
• Established professional expertise in understanding and application of engineering fundamentals across the development cycle of systems including requirements, design, analysis, fabrication, assembly, verification and test.
• 5+ years of experience in test engineering, data acquisition, signal processing, and/or embedded systems design, with demonstrated progression in technical scope and responsibility.
• Deep knowledge of signals and systems principles, including sensor calibration and error modeling.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or another relevant STEM field.
• Strong software engineering and development capability in C/C++, Arduino and/or ARM SoC or similar embedded platforms.
• Experience in electronics and embedded systems design, including microcontrollers, digital-to-analog converters, power supplies, component and subsystem-level circuit design, PCB layout, fabrication, packaging, test, and mechanical isolation.
• Experience supporting formal qualification testing, certification documentation, or mission readiness activities.
• Knowledge of software configuration control, quality assurance processes, and flight software development standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain requirements associated with data acquisition systems for a variety of test activities including aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, thermal/aerothermal, environmental qualification, propulsion, jettison, subscale, and full-scale flight test articles.
• Develop, integrate, and maintain test equipment including vertically integrated mission sequencing and data acquisition embedded hardware.
• Support sensor modeling and performance characterization for inertial measurement units (IMUs), pressure transducers, accelerometers, EO/IR sensors and visual odometry systems, load cells, strain, and thermal sensors.
• Coordinate system integration with test engineers and test operators, ensuring proper data interfaces, timing, and computational resource allocations.
• Develop artifacts to support test planning, documentation, and test readiness reviews.
• Support ground and flight test activities as a data acquisition responsible engineer.

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