Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer - Glenn

Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer - New Glenn

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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!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low‑Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human‑capable.

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for product development and delivery of mission computing hardware for New Glenn. This hands‑on position requires experience in developing, validating, and executing environmental and EMI/EMC test plans in order to produce reliable flight hardware.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable spaceflight.

• Establish hardware requirements and design to work within the integrated vehicle system architecture, including power distribution, interfaces, grounding/bonding, environmental conditions, EMI/EMC design standards, and ESD mitigations.
• Plan and execute hardware development life cycle per company standards, including requirements and architecture definition, schematic capture, layout, fabrication, assembly, functional/acceptance/qualification test, and release to production.
• Coordinate with cross‑functional team consisting of system, mechanical, software, digital design, reliability engineers throughout the life‑cycle.
• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management.
• Support root‑cause analysis on design and test failures.
• Facilitate the team in maintaining hardware configuration and traceability to support quality audits.
• Facilitate transition of development hardware into production, working with the ISC organization.

• Minimum of a B.S. in electrical, computer engineering or related field.
• Sound knowledge of electronics, electrical circuit fundamentals, signal integrity in high‑speed signals.
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience on full life cycle of airborne electronics.
• Familiar with schematic capture, DFx, class 2/3 PCB fabrication and assembly.
• Familiar with testing and qualifying hardware per standards such as MIL‑STD‑1540, DO‑160, or SMC‑S‑016.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs.

• 5+ years of safety‑critical systems development experience (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.).
• Experience designing electronics and systems for space radiation environments.
• Experience in performing reliability, worst‑case analysis, to inform failure modes and effects.
• Experience with performing system safety analyses including Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).

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