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Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer – Lunar Permanence Verified today

Blue Origin · 2 Locations · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-03
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This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. You will serve as a crucial member of the Core Avionics organization, providing technical leadership for the development, delivery, and sustainment of avionics hardware for Lunar Vehicles.

What you will do

You will lead complex avionics hardware products through their full lifecycle: concept, product architecture, requirements development, design, build, integration, verification, qualification, production, and sustainment. This is a hands-on engineering role with broad technical ownership and direct impact on spaceflight capability.

You will actively make and influence technical design decisions, work directly with manufacturers and suppliers, and lead bench-level testing, troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and technical risk reduction. You will serve as the primary technical integrator across electrical hardware, mechanical packaging, embedded software, FPGA, controls, systems engineering, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and mission assurance.

Responsibilities

  • 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 the 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 another related technical field.
  • 10+ years of experience in the 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 relevant technical areas: 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 a 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 Colorado applicants: $144,179.00 to $201,849.90. Base pay range for Washington applicants: $156,802.00 to $219,522.45. 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 of 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. Bonuses and additional eligibility based on role type and job level at company's discretion.

Required Eligibility

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. Standard background check required for all positions.