Rocket Engine Avionics Architecture, Integration, and Test Equipment Design Engineer III

Overview

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. This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems.

Built for multiple uses, our family of engines powers the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight. This position resides within the Avionics & Control Products organization, part of the Engine Business Unit. The day-to-day responsibilities vary based on background and experience. As an avionics architecture, integration, and test equipment design engineer, you will work across the “systems engineering V” by defining avionics requirements, architectures, and interfaces, decomposing conceptual systems into hardware and software products, designing test equipment, and performing integration, test, qualification, and verification of avionics hardware, software, instrumentation, and harnessing into test facilities and onto rocket engines, both remotely and in-person.

We seek a systems‑thinker and problem solver who is eager to autonomously investigate and address technical challenges in defining, designing, and testing complex electronics systems. You have expertise in at least one of: computer engineering, software engineering/computer science, electrical engineering, or systems integration, and a good understanding of, or desire to learn, tangential disciplines such as control theory, mechanical engineering, instrumentation, etc.

You understand that designing effective test solutions is as important as designing flight hardware. You identify anomalous behavior, rapidly determine root cause, and implement corrective action independently or with stakeholders. Your understanding of networking and scripting languages enables you to remotely triage systems-under-test across the country. There is no standard day for this role; we support five rocket engines in varying stages of development and work across environments from fully virtual hardware emulations to engines and vehicles.

Every day presents new challenges to overcome. Your specific experience and interests will guide where you fit in the organization – candidates interested in any subset of these tasks are encouraged to apply.

Special Mentions

• Travel expected up to 25% of the time

• Define subsystem requirements, architectures, and interfaces
• Decompose conceptual systems into physical and software products
• Design avionics test equipment
• Integrate and test avionics hardware, software, instrumentation, and harnessing into test facilities and onto rocket engines
• Identify anomalous behavior, rapidly determine root cause, and implement corrective action independently or in close collaboration with stakeholders
• Implement scripts and systems to automate the build, deployment, and verification of engine control software
• Validate and verify that engine control systems are meeting customer expectations and requirements
• Triage remotely networked systems

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in computer engineering, software engineering/computer science, electrical engineering, or similar.
• 5+ years of experience in performing some or all of the following activities: systems engineering, electronics integration, system validation and verification, networking, scripting, test equipment design
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python (or similar)
• Experience working with data communication protocols
• Experience designing signal conditioning and analog-to-digital solutions for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test equipment
• Demonstrated ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance, deliver results, and strengthen our culture of inclusivity
• Strong organizational, analytical skills, and digital skills
• Demonstrated track record of resourcefulness and success from previous assignments and working with interdisciplinary and…