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Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer – Lunar Permanence Verified today

Blue Origin · Seattle, WA · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-03
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Role

You will be a technical leader in the Core Avionics organization within the Lunar Permanence business unit. You will drive end-to-end development and delivery of avionics products for lunar vehicles, including flight computers, I/O units, embedded controllers, and associated electrical hardware. This is a hands-on role with broad product ownership across concept, architecture, requirements, design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment.

What you will do

  • Lead end-to-end development and technical delivery of complex avionics hardware products, establishing product architecture, requirements, interfaces, development strategy, verification approach, and path to production.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership through design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment; make sound technical tradeoffs balancing performance, reliability, safety, cost, schedule, and manufacturability.
  • Lead hardware test and anomaly-resolution efforts, including bench troubleshooting with electronic test equipment, root-cause analysis, corrective-action development, risk assessment, and verification of implemented solutions.
  • Serve as primary technical integrator across electrical hardware, mechanical enclosures and packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, systems, manufacturing, suppliers, test, and mission assurance organizations.
  • Mentor engineers, lead technical reviews, improve engineering methods and tools, and drive product and process improvements that strengthen quality, development efficiency, and mission success.

Minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field.
  • 10 or more years of experience in design, development, build, integration, test, or verification of avionics, electronic hardware, embedded systems, or comparable high-reliability hardware products.
  • Demonstrated experience independently owning complex hardware products through the full development lifecycle, including architecture, requirements, design, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustaining engineering.
  • Demonstrated expertise in one or more of: flight computers, embedded controllers, I/O hardware, analog or mixed-signal electronics, digital electronics, power electronics, FPGA-based systems, electronic packaging, or controls interfaces.
  • Proven ability to lead complex hardware troubleshooting and root-cause investigations, provide technical direction across disciplines, and communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and decisions to program and leadership stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

  • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
  • Experience developing avionics or other safety-critical, mission-critical, human-rated, or spaceflight hardware products.
  • Experience leading integrated product architecture and requirements development across electrical hardware, mechanical packaging, embedded software, FPGA development, controls engineering, and system interfaces.
  • Experience working directly with contract manufacturers and suppliers through design for manufacturability, PCB assembly, box build, acceptance testing, nonconformance disposition, qualification, and production readiness.
  • Experience with spaceflight hardware environmental qualification and applicable engineering standards, including vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC, radiation, reliability, FMECA, MIL-STD, DO-160, ARP4754, DO-254, or equivalent practices.

Compensation and benefits

Base pay range for Washington applicants: $156,802 to $219,522.45 per year. 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 Education Support Program. Stock options available for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Paid time off up to four weeks per year based on scheduled hours, plus 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 into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required for all positions.