Avionics Operational Integrator III

Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Are you looking to become an operations expert for New Glenn Avionics, and follow the life of the program to test and flight support? We are a small team of passionate experts, each with full ownership over the operations of our respective domains. Our team is looking to hire someone who can take ownership of defining and enforcing the operation of the Avionics systems on New Glenn. Come join us in this exciting and fast paced role to make a direct impact on the history of human space exploration!

As an operations integrator, you will be the authority on all aspects New Glenn avionics operations including CONOPS, functional architecture, components, and software. You will follow the development component hardware, autonomous software, and development testing, and will be accountable for feeding forward lessons learned into the coordinated operation of your subsystem on the flight vehicle. You will collaborate with the stage-level leads, and you will build a comprehensive set of constraints, alerts, and limits for the New Glenn operations teams.

As a key member of the Operational Integration team, you are highly diligent and future thinking, can handle a broad set of data, and embrace Blue's long term vision of millions of people living and working in space.

Responsibilities:

• Build detailed CONOPS for pre-launch and flight operations

• Define constraints for the end-to-end safe handling and successful testing and launch operations

• Collaborate with integrated test, launch operations, and autonomous flight operations customer teams to incorporate operational constraints into downstream procedures and flight plans

• Develop console products that will be used by operators during test and launch operations

• Provide real-time engineering anomaly resolution during integrated test and launch operations

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or related technical field

• 5+ years validated experience with Avionics operations, including a combination of analysis, design, test, and operations for launch systems

• Hands-on experience in developing, authoring, and implementing integrated tests or operating launch vehicles

• Experience with developing analyses and trade studies for sophisticated avionics systems

• Ability to work with partially defined requirements and changing criteria

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships

• Engaging communicator, able to explain difficult engineering concepts to people of other engineering fields: Electrical, Software, Mechanical

Desired:

• Launch vehicle controller (front room or engineering back room) experience

• Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and/or SMC-S-016 testing standards

• Experience with Ethernet based communication protocols

• Instrumentation knowledge and operational experience with data acquisition systems and electrical test equipment

• Multi-functional experience in fluids, hydraulics, mechanical, or actuated systems

• Experience working in an electronics laboratory environment

• Experience working with electronics in a large-scale manufacturing environment.

• Experience with software tools such as JIRA, DOORS, MATLAB, Python, GIT, Creo, Confluence, and Windchill

Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check

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Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)

• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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