Senior Navigation Sensor Hardware Engineer – Advanced Concepts

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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 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.

Blue Origin's Enterprise Engineering Flight Systems group is seeking an experienced Navigation Sensor Hardware Engineer to support the New Glenn, Lunar Transportation, In Space Systems, and Advanced Concepts Engineering business units at Blue Origin.

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, you will lead aspects of navigation sensor hardware, electrical, and system design across all flight regimes for current and future spaceflight systems. This position will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe, low cost, and reliable spaceflight and will directly shape the future of space exploration.

• Design, build, test, and debug navigation sensors (e.g. gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, IMUs, wireless radios, RF, star trackers, etc.).
• Lead the development of simple and reliable hardware that will meet the company's position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and redundancy requirements.
• Drive regulatory and certification activities and electrical/mechanical failure analysis.
• Lead acceptance and qualification testing for space‑worthy sensors and EEE components (EMI, radiation, etc.) including test execution, data collection and analysis.

• Minimum of BS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of related experience with navigation sensor and/or avionics assembly design.
• Proven expertise in complex circuit design, including component selection, architecture, circuit schematics, prototyping, and design for industrial manufacturing.
• Understanding of PCB design, assembly, and PCB layout software.
• Familiarity with low‑noise analog and digital test equipment.
• Some software experience in C, C++, Python.
• Self‑starting who thrives in a fast‑paced new product development environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Full product lifecycle gyroscope/accelerometer experience.
• Demonstrated experience in the development, prototyping, testing, and calibration of accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and inertial measurement units.
• Demonstrated experience with design of GPS/GNSS software‑defined‑radio and/or RF communication systems.
• Strong familiarity with hardware testing and the ability to operate test equipment such as a vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, power meters, and thermal chamber.

Compensation Range for WA applicants is $ - $.

Other site ranges may differ.

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