Avionics Integration Engineer III - Lunar Permanence - Blue Origin

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will work within the Crewed Lander Avionics Team to develop the avionics systems for the human-rated lander that will put astronauts back on the Lunar Surface.

You will lead cross-functional trade studies, conduct integrated analyses, and define interfaces that affect the spacecraft's design and integration. You should expect that this foundational part of our vision will require your excellent communication and teamwork. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Act as the negotiator between multiple stakeholders with conflicting interests to optimize the spacecraft design.
• Contribute to or lead Avionics architecture studies, concept development, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support
• Manage Avionics requirements development, definition, and maturity
• Develop and manage Avionics physical, logical, and network configuration interface control documents (ICDs)
• Develop and maintain data and communication budgets
• Develop and maintain integrated electrical architecture diagrams.
• Coordinate constraints and conflicting requirements across multiple disciplines
• Contribute to or lead change management ensuring proper change impact assessment and coordination of design changes and their impacts across subsystems
• Coordinate sensor selection and end-to-end sensor error analysis .
• Identify, assess, and manage program risks (technical, schedule, cost, integration)
• Tool development for maintaining vehicle electrical configuration and definition.

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical subject area
• 8+ years relevant experience in the full life cycle development of avionics systems, including requirements, design, integration, test, and operations.