Avionics Systems Engineer - Lunar Permanence

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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! 

As an Avionics Systems Engineer on a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will define, capture and manage mission-specific system requirements and verification artifacts within the Lunar Permanence Avionics organization. You will work closely with other system, software, hardware and integration & test engineers to establish the technical requirements and verification planning baseline and help ensure the successful verification of spacecraft performance and requirements compliance for the Avionics subsystems for a human-rated Lunar spacecraft. You will work at a spacecraft subsystem & system level with a focus on verification planning and execution for intra-element and inter-element Avionics designs and interfaces.

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 25% of the time (site-dependent)

• Collaborate with the Lunar Permanence Lead Systems Engineers, Spacecraft Vehicle Engineering, Flight Software, and Ground Systems Engineering Teams to define system requirements in a model-based environment across multiple customers and missions
• Engage with internal and external customers, including government agencies and contractors, to perform analysis of unique customer and mission requirements
• Develop and manage requirement specifications, including internal and external interfaces, with accurate flow-down and traceability
• Understand and define the relationships and traceability between requirements, design parameters, technical budgets, ICDs, program plans, and technical performance measures
• Establish certification, verification, and validation approaches for team analysis tools’ methodology and results.
• Establish verification approaches and plans for system requirements and identify Integration and Test activities required for successful requirements Verification Closure Notices
• Work across organizational boundaries to manage the successful acquisition of verification data necessary to show compliance to system requirements
• Perform compliance and traceability assessments and be able to report key metrics and issues effectively to program leadership and stakeholders

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, etc.
• 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, traceability, interface definition, design documentation, integration, verification, and validation
• Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the “Systems Engineering V”
• Background in one or more Avionics subsystems, including Electrical Power, Command and Data Handling, Communications, and Harness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Spacecraft analysis and/or test background
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Familiarity with System Modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler
• Experience across the product life cycle (pre-conceptual design through operational support)
• Software or scripting language experience
• Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
• Working knowledge of DO-254, DO-178, DO-160, SMC-S-016, NASA 7150.2, or other similar hardware/software assurance, verification, and test standards.
• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related discipline

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