Senior Electrical Engineer – Advanced Concepts

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 be leading 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 PNT and redundancy requirements.

• Drive regulatory and certification activities and electrical/mechanical failure analysis.

• Lead acceptance and qualification testing for space worthiness 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.

CO applicants: $ – $
WA applicants: $ – $

• Benefits include:
  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.

• Paid Time Off:
  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company‑paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company’s intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company’s results, or other factors at the company’s sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Required for all positions:
  Blue’s Standard Background Check.

• Required for Certain Job Profiles:
  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation.

• Required for Certain Job Profiles:
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