Senior Avionics System Engineer – Command & Data Handling

BLUE ORIGIN

Senior Avionics Systems Engineer developing Blue Moon landers and supporting systems at Blue Origin. Working on hardware/software integration and network systems for crewed lunar transport.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeCalifornia, Colorado, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $156,802 - $219,522 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to or lead C&DH architecture trade studies, concept development, verification planning, vehicle integration, and operations support.
Analyze, manage, and interpret requirements at the C&DH subsystem level and flow down requirements to lower-level component specifications
Generate verification and validation plans, and work with Integration and Test team to ensure the C&DH subsystem meets requirements.
Develop and manage network architecture, integrating multiple subsystems while ensuring deterministic performance and budget compliance.
Develop and manage C&DH fault tree analyses and other reliability analyses across the system lifecycle.
Produce technical writing (procedural definitions, specifications, interfaces, analysis support and description documents).
Contribute to design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards.
Provide technical mentorship and peer review within the avionics engineering team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
Highly knowledgeable of systems engineering practices, integration processes, and mission/safety critical systems
An understanding of requirements definition, decomposition, and flow-down, circuit design, interface definition, hardware specifications, interface control, analyses, and verification.
Demonstrated expertise delivering complex, safety-critical C&DH or similarly highly integrated avionics systems involving multiple subsystems and networked and IO interfaces.
Demonstrated expertise related to configuring and managing time-sensitive, deterministic networks such as like Time Sensitive Networking, ARINC 664, Time Triggered Ethernet, or other approaches
Demonstrated expertise with Network/Precision Time Protocol and layer 2/3 networking (e.g., Ethernet, VLANs, QoS, IP, TCP/UDP, routing, etc.)
Demonstrated functional understanding of common electrical digital and analog interfaces (e.g. Serial Bus Communications, Video, Audio, Ethernet, Analog Sensors, etc.)
Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships
Strong ability and desire to analyze complex systems and deliver results-oriented solutions
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
Desired (but not required): M.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Electrical, or related technical subject area
Experience with human-rated spacecraft
Experience with full spacecraft design life cycle
Experience with developing and delivering integrated, space-qualified Hardware/Software components.
A solid hardware and software background is desired.
Experience with network topologies, architectures, and design principles
Experience with spacecraft communication protocols (CCSDS)
Experience with systems safety design practices
Experience with electrical architecture diagramming practices and tools including MS Visio
Experience with software tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Creo, Jama, Cameo, Confluence, and JIRA.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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%
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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

C&DH architecturerequirements analysisverification planningnetwork architecturefault tree analysiscircuit designinterface definitionTime Sensitive NetworkingNetwork/Precision Time Protocolspacecraft communication protocols

Soft Skills

technical mentorshipcommunication skillsrelationship buildinganalytical skillscollaborationresults-oriented