Senior Electrical Engineer - Honeybee Robotics

Location: Woodland Hills

Salary range updated, see changes below.

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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!

As a member of the Blue Origin family of companies Honeybee Robotics has been at the forefront of robotics for over 40 years, establishing ourselves as pioneers in developing novel exploration systems for the most extreme planetary environments.

At our Southern California location, we look to "Touch Life" by supporting planetary science, including every NASA Mars rover since Spirit and Opportunity. We aim to "Mine the Sky" through the development of practical In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) solutions. We search for technically brilliant individuals in engineering, software, and support fields who take ownership of their work, enjoy collaborating in teams, and have a laser focus on the details that drive excellence.

Honeybee Robotics' Exploration Systems division is seeking an Electrical Engineer. In this role you will be interfacing with customers and inter-disciplinary project teams to develop electrical components and avionics systems. You will be responsible for flight avionics development, sample acquisition, handling devices, and other instruments used in planetary exploration and space applications. In this role you'll interface with mechanical design, test, systems, integration, software and control engineering disciplines throughout the entire product lifecycle from conception to flight ready hardware.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions:

• This is an onsite role at our Altadena, CA office

• Relocation assistance is provided

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical leader within the organization. This includes technical, budgetary and schedule oversight of a small team of engineers, as well as mentoring junior engineers and refining/defining standardized processes

• Design, manufacturing, and checkout of custom high-reliability PCBs for various avionics applications

• Harness design and assembly instructions for high-reliability applications

• Electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) design and documentation

• Define and execute tests at the integrated assembly level in avionics development labs, environmental test labs, radiation test labs and vendor test labs

• Apply technical expertise to problem solving throughout product lifecycle, including design review support and verification planning and execution, scheduling, etc.

• Collaborate with avionics product development team members to identify current technology capabilities, risks, opportunities and challenges and identify and develop solutions

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field

• 9+ years of developing and testing complex hardware equipment over the entire product lifecycle

• Passion for hands-on problem solving and avionics integration and test

• Ability to work independently on rapid development programs

• Demonstrate a strong solid understanding of electronics product development with expertise in systems integration

• Familiarity with use of complex computational devices (combinational and sequential logic) to monitor sensors and drive actuators, including design and verification

• Highly organized, safety and quality conscious, with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• GNC experience

• Experience with radiation testing of EEE components

• Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field

• 12+ years of experience in developing hardware across entire product lifecycle

• Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software

• Experience leading the development and testing of embedded/motorized/power systems

• Experience doing Worst-case analysis, circuit Finite Element Analysis, and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• Familiarity with EEE-INST-002 parts classification, selection of radiation-hardness-assured components, and radiation-mitigation strategies

• Proficiency with scripting; programming and analysis/modeling tools:
  Python, Linux/Windows shell scripting; assembly language, C, C++; MATLAB / Simulink / SPICE (or similar)

• Experience using Altium to design complex printed circuit boards

Compensation Range for:

CA applicants is $ - $

Other site ranges may differ

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