New Glenn Avionics Systems Engineer III Verified today

About the Role

You will support the Avionics Systems Engineering of New Glenn, a reusable single-configuration heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. New Glenn carries people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond, with a fully reusable first stage designed for human-rated operations from the start.

This is a systems-focused role. You will solve complex problems across teams, learn new domains, and bring a deep passion for advancing spaceflight capability.

What You Will Do

• Contribute to or lead New Glenn Avionics architecture trade studies, concept development, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support
• Analyze, manage, and interpret requirements at the avionics subsystem level and flow down requirements to lower-level component specifications
• Generate verification and validation plans and work with integration and test teams to ensure the avionics subsystem meets requirements
• Develop and manage power and network architecture, integrating multiple avionics subsystems while ensuring deterministic performance and budget compliance
• Develop and manage New Glenn Avionics fault tree analyses and other reliability and safety analyses across the system lifecycle
• Produce technical writing including procedural definitions, specifications, interfaces, analysis support and description documents
• Contribute to design reviews (PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards
• Provide technical mentorship and process definition within the New Glenn Avionics engineering team

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical subject area
• 5 or more years relevant experience in the full lifecycle development of avionics systems, including requirements, design, integration, test, and operations
• Highly knowledgeable of systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission and safety critical systems
• Understanding of requirements definition, decomposition, and flow-down; circuit design; interface definition; hardware specifications; interface control; analyses; and verification
• Demonstrated expertise delivering complex, safety critical, or similarly highly integrated avionics systems involving multiple subsystems and networked and IO interfaces
• Strong ability and desire to analyze complex systems and deliver results-oriented solutions
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment across disciplines
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated functional understanding of common electrical digital and analog interfaces (Serial Bus Communications, Video, Audio, Ethernet, Analog Sensors, etc.)
• Knowledge of avionics specialties: Instrumentation, RF, Ethernet networking, circuit design, safety critical software, wire harnesses, test equipment, environmental and DO-160 testing
• Demonstrated proficiency communicating and integrating across multiple engineering disciplines to produce a unified coherent product
• Safety analyses experience such as DO 178, ARP4761, NUREG-0492, NASA AFTH (Functional Hazard Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses)
• Proficiency in Python for automation, testing, and data analysis
• Experience with software testing methodologies and best practices
• Familiarity with Linux and UNIX environments
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Databricks or Tableau
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Experience with Agile development practices
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, DOORS, DNG, MATLAB, or Simulink

Compensation and Benefits

Base pay range for Washington applicants: $130,706.00 to $182,987.70. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match up to 5%, and an Education Support Program. Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Paid time off up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Employees may be eligible for bonuses based on individual contributions and company results.

Employment Requirements

Applicants 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.

Background check required for all positions. Additional background checks and certifications may apply depending on role requirements.

Application

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.