Principal Electrical Design Engineer Verified today
About the Role
This is a design leadership position within the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where you will develop and execute avionics electronic hardware for engines powering the next generation of rockets. You will lead a small, collaborative team building high-reliability, safety-critical solutions that directly impact space exploration.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical decision-making and direct activities of a small engineering team
- Interpret systems engineering and quality requirements as applied to electrical product development
- Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product lifecycle: concept, requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification testing (power-on, functional, acceptance, qualification), and production release
- Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies
- Manage design schedules of avionics subsystems
- Routinely present program status and issues
- Identify root cause failure modes using fault tree and fishbone methodologies
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 10 or more years of professional experience in electronics hardware development
- Direct hands-on experience with analog and digital circuit design, analysis, test, and debug
- Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and board layout principles
- Highly organized with excellent technical skills (written and verbal)
- Experience with data anomaly review and system troubleshooting in lab or test environments
Desired Qualifications
- Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field
- Expertise designing electronics in space radiation environments
- Proven expertise crafting high-reliability, safety-critical Class 3 board assemblies
- Understanding of mechanical packaging of avionics in harsh environmental conditions
- Power conversion electronics as applied to controlling BLDC motors
- Knowledge of electric motor design and construction
- Knowledge of EMI issues related to high voltage design
- Proficiency using CAD layout tools for sophisticated printed circuit boards and experience with board manufacturing and assembly vendors
- Exposure to aerospace flight hardware design aligned with DO-254
- Experience developing high-reliability, radiation-tolerant flight hardware for prolonged exposure to extreme space environments
Compensation and Benefits
Base pay range for Washington applicants: $183,193.00 to $256,469.85 (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%, education support program, and stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Up to four weeks paid time off annually and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Employment Requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required for all positions.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until requisition closes.