Principal Avionics Hardware Engineer - New Glenn

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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 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, executing Environmental and EMI/EMC test plans in order to produce reliable flight hardware.

• 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

• 10+ 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 like 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

• 8+ 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 affects

• 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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