Senior GNC Hardware Engineer – Blue Ring
| Company | Blue Origin |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Denver, CO, USA, Huntsville, AL, USA |
| Salary | $139979 – $213127 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to work with test, flight and safety critical hardware
- Minimum 7 years experience with spacecraft/satellite hardware development and/or execution, hardware ownership (responsible engineer), or hardware qualification and/or acceptance testing, i.e. IMUs, Star Trackers, GPS Receivers, RWAs, etc.
- B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical subject area
- Experience with analytical and scripting tools: Matlab, LabView, Python, C++
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, standards and technical requirements
- Ability to perform data analysis and reduction and present technical information in a clear and compelling visual format
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and coordination of resources necessary to successfully procure, accept and integrate GNC components to support new technology insertions
- Develop hardware, firmware and software product solutions to contribute towards future vehicle designs
- Provide input and direction on state-of-the art hardware and firmware technologies for vertical integration initiatives
- Support verification and testing, ensuring the GN&C components and subsystem complies to its requirements
- Collaborate on the implementation of the software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing, on-vehicle functional testing and flight-testing for multiple vehicles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience designing and handling GN&C actuation systems such as Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs), Control Moment Gyros (CMGs), Thrust Vector Controls (TVCs) etc
- Hands-on test and production facility, factory or laboratory experience
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or system integration labs (SIL)
- Experience in verification, validation and test of embedded software and hardware systems for flight critical applications.
- Experience with requirements development/management tools; DOORS, DOORS Next Gen and lifecycle management (PLM) and/or data, Windchill
- Hands-on testing experience in thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC and vacuum testing on flight hardware in accordance with MIL-STD-810, SMC-S-016 and MIL-STD-1540
- Experience selecting and sourcing radiation-hardened components