Rocket Engine Avionics Architecture, Integration, and Test Engineer II

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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 position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. Blue Origin is self-funding rapid development of multiple in-space flight systems - over a range of sizes, propellant types, and technical challenge.

This position resides within the Avionics & Control Products organization, part of the Engine Business Unit. The day-to-day responsibilities of this role will vary widely depending on your specific background and experience. As an avionics architecture, integration, and test equipment design engineer, you will have the opportunity to work across the "systems engineering V" by defining avionics requirements, architectures, and interfaces, decomposing conceptual systems into hardware and software products, designing test equipment, and performing integration, test, qualification, and verification of avionics hardware, software, instrumentation, and harnessing into test facilities and onto rocket engines, both remotely and in-person.

The successful candidate is a systems-thinker and recognized problem solver, eager to autonomously investigate and address a wide range of technical challenges that may present when defining, designing, and testing complex electronics systems. You have expertise in at least one of: computer engineering, software engineering/computer science, electrical engineering, or systems integration and a good understanding of, or desire to learn, tangential disciplines such as control theory, mechanical engineering, instrumentation, etc.

You understand that designing effective test solutions is just as important as designing flight hardware. You have an innate ability to identify anomalous behavior, rapidly determine root cause, and implement corrective action interpedently or in close collaboration with stakeholders. Your understanding of networking and scripting languages enable you to remotely triage systems-under-test across the country.

There is no "standard day" for this role. We support five rocket engines in varying stages of development. We work across environments ranging from fully virtual hardware emulations to engines and vehicles themselves. Every day and every development effort present exciting new challenges to be overcome. You may be called upon to resolve an IP conflict, automate a software build pipeline, plot and infer conclusions from pressure sensor readings in an engine combustion chamber, break apart an avionics system to inspect for damage, design an analog data acquisition system, or rapidly develop a test procedure to validate a new capability, and that's all before lunch!

Your specific experience and interests will guide where you fit in the organization - candidates interested in any subset of these tasks are encouraged to apply.

Position requires up to 25% travel to rocket engine test sites.

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Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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