Electrical Engineer III - New Shepard

Application close date:

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. Were 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 the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of the hardworking New Shepard Avionics team, you will craft, develop, and verify high-performance avionics' hardware for various flight vehicles. You will be integrated with our rocket program and technical leads to drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle launch, flight and power management components and sub-systems. Your responsibilities will encompass electronic requirements, architecture concepts, detailed design, development, and test. In addition, you will follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release, and participate in flight support activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 7+ proven years experience in the design of complex hardware
• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the design, verification, qualification, and production phases of the electronic product lifecycle

Our New Shepard Avionics Control and Command team is responsible for vehicle electronic systems: flight computers, navigation, sensors, controls, mission support, and more. In addition to the general qualifications above, we are looking for dedicated individuals with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Background deploying and supporting sophisticated circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products
• Experience working with engineers and process specialist in developing and qualifying avionic systems.
• An understanding of high-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit system architecture and troubleshooting.
• Battery-based power systems, including power management, power switching, charging, and battery safety
• Computer command and I/O control for sophisticated industrial systems or vehicles
• Experience with Data Acquisition Systems and familiarity with a variety of sensor technologies
• Proficiency with scripted and/or compiled languages such as Python
• Familiarity with Altium and/or Orcad tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related subject areas.
• 8+ years proven experience in design, development, integration, test, and operation of

Avionics systems or vehicles

• Proven experience specifying and crafting high reliability safety-critical electronics; familiarity with IPC-A-600/610, DO-254 and similar standards
• Background with launch vehicle hardware development, integration, and test
• Experience developing embedded software or firmware for 32-bit microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs
• Proficiency with scripted and/or compiled languages such as Python and .C/C++

Compensation Range for:

WA applicants is $126,898.00-$177,656.85

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Benefits

• 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.

• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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