Test Avionics Engineer Verified today
Test Avionics Engineer
You will directly support hardware testing across a wide variety of space hardware development projects as part of Blue Origin's Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE) team.
As a Test Avionics Engineer, you serve as technical lead for developing, integrating, assembling, and executing critical tests on ground and flight hardware. You act as domain owner for data acquisition, test platform sequencing, embedded hardware and software development, and test component integration. You coordinate across test engineering, procurement, manufacturing, electronics, and software disciplines to deliver solutions that support test data acquisition objectives.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain requirements for data acquisition systems across aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, thermal/aerothermal, environmental qualification, propulsion, jettison, subscale, and full-scale flight test articles
- Develop, integrate, and maintain test equipment including vertically integrated mission sequencing and data acquisition embedded hardware
- Support sensor modeling and performance characterization for IMUs, pressure transducers, accelerometers, EO/IR sensors, visual odometry systems, load cells, strain and thermal sensors
- Coordinate system integration with test engineers and operators, ensuring proper data interfaces, timing, and computational resource allocations
- Develop artifacts to support test planning, documentation, and test readiness reviews
- Support ground and flight test activities as data acquisition responsible engineer
Required Qualifications
- Minimum B.S. in aerospace engineering, physics, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other relevant engineering field
- Established professional expertise in engineering fundamentals across development cycle: requirements, design, analysis, fabrication, assembly, verification and test
- 5+ years of experience in test engineering, data acquisition, signal processing, and/or embedded systems design, with demonstrated progression in technical scope and responsibility
- Deep knowledge of signals and systems principles, including sensor calibration and error modeling
Desired Qualifications
- M.S. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other relevant STEM field
- Strong software engineering and development capability in C/C++, Arduino and/or ARM SoC or similar embedded platforms
- Experience in electronics and embedded systems design, including microcontrollers, digital-to-analog converters, power supplies, component and subsystem-level circuit design, PCB layout, fabrication, packaging, test, and mechanical isolation
- Experience supporting formal qualification testing, certification documentation, or mission readiness activities
- Knowledge of software configuration control, quality assurance processes, and flight software development standards
Compensation
Base Pay Range (varies by location):
Colorado applicants: $119,814.00 - $167,738.55
Washington applicants: $130,706.00 - $182,987.70
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 checks required for all positions. Additional checks may apply for roles requiring military installation access or commercial motor vehicle operation.
Benefits
- 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
- Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
- Up to 4 weeks paid time off annually and up to 14 company-paid holidays