Avionics Safety Engineer III Verified today

About the role

You will design, assess, and assure the safety of electronic hardware in computer systems for sub-orbital and orbital spacecraft, launch vehicles, and facilities. This includes simple and complex electronic hardware such as PLDs, ASICs, and FPGAs.

As a member of the Safety, Quality and Mission Assurance (SQMA) System Safety Engineering and Certification team, you will directly impact human spaceflight safety by ensuring electronic hardware and computer systems meet rigorous safety standards and require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Your responsibilities

• Support development and safety assurance of custom electronic hardware devices (PLDs, ASICs, FPGAs), complex COTS ICs, multi-core computer systems, and complex circuit boards across spacecraft and launch systems
• Collaborate with systems and responsible engineers to derive and verify safety requirements from PHAs, FHAs, FMECAs, FTAs, and human error analyses
• Maintain safety and process assurance objectives for electronic hardware; help systems, electrical, and software engineers understand how to develop safety requirements
• Review and approve safety analyses and safety requirements for electronic hardware; assess risk characterizations and open technical risks
• Perform independent assessments and reviews against applicable safety standards including RTCA DO-254, MIL-STD-882, NASA, Range Safety, and FAA
• Generate program safety metrics and report system safety status to stakeholders; contribute to continual safety process improvement
• Audit program compliance to safety and assurance objectives
• Participate in actively maintaining a healthy system safety culture

Minimum qualifications

• B.Sc. in aerospace, electrical, systems engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years engineering experience in development assurance involving complex electronic hardware
• At least 2 years involvement in generating compliance claims to safety standards
• Strong foundation in system safety analysis and regulatory compliance, including experience with PHAs, FHAs, FMECAs, FTAs, DO-254, and MIL-STD-882
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to work independently and in cross-disciplinary teams

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with integrated modular avionics systems safety
• Experience with FAA AC 20-152A (latest guidance updates to DO-254)
• Familiarity with STPA and academic foundations of software system safety
• Prior experience developing or auditing against IEC 61508, ISO 26262, or RTCA/DO-178C

Compensation and benefits

Base Pay Range for WA applicants: $121,023.00 - $169,432.20. Other site ranges may differ.

• 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%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Relocation provided

Other details

Travel expected up to 20% of the time. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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