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Blue Origin · 1 day ago

Senior Manager, Avionics Hardware (Engines)

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$184K/yr - $257K/yr

10+ years exp

Blue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems for the benefit of Earth. The Senior Manager, Avionics Hardware (Engines) will lead the delivery of safety-critical engine avionics hardware, ensuring technical quality and execution of complex engineering work while managing a team of engineers.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Manage and deliver engine avionics electronic hardware products by ensuring scrappy and cost-effective execution while maintaining a tight grip on the project deliverables needed to meet program objectives. Track and manage your team execution, and both unit product life cycle cost

Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Identify and manage technical and programmatic risks/opportunities. This includes technical, scope (i.e., cost and schedule), asset and safety risks and opportunities specific to program and project execution. Risk management includes identifying, documenting, communicating, developing mitigation plans and collaborating with your peers & program leaders to drive outcomes to program acceptable levels

Coordinate and partner with Enterprise functions such as Operations and Supply Chain to drive product cost and meet delivery objectives

Partner with other Business Units and centralized Blue avionics hardware teams on driving electronic hardware design and component re-use

Oversee the full lifecycle of your employees including talent acquisition, employee development, and when needed, performance management

Foster an environment of continuous growth and learning, ensuring compliance with HR processes and policies

Own the overall lifecycle of assigned avionics hardware products from development through qualification/ rate production and successful cost-optimized commercial flight operations

Manage interdisciplinary engineering tasks for overall system success

Ensure the quality of engineering outputs, providing technical direction and guidance to the team

Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements

Qualification

Avionics hardware developmentElectronic systems designProject managementEmbedded hardware developmentSafety-critical systemsSignal integrityFPGA developmentContinuous improvementCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

Minimum of a B.S. degree in electrical, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field and 10+ years of experience developing electronic systems

10+ years of experience in a relevant engineering field, with significant experience in avionics and/or embedded hardware product development and maintenance

2+ years of project management and/or management experience

Basic knowledge across relevant engineering disciplines, including requirements negotiation, design, development, analysis, verification, and vehicle integration

Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization

Track record of leading and managing teams to deliver complex safety critical avionics hardware products

Preferred

Experience in aerospace hardware/electronics development

Direct hands-on experience and expertise developing electronic hardware products (analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, test, and debug and manufacturing)

Develop electronic circuits, printed circuit boards, as rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product life-cycle; including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production. Demonstrated expertise designing high-reliability, safety-critical, Class 3 board assemblies

Lead developers of analog instrumentation measurement circuity, embedded processing, and mixed-signal designs. These systems connect with sensors and electromechanical/electro-hydraulic actuators. Designs include analysis, schematics, PCB layout and characterization

Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles

FPGA development experience is a plus

Familiarity Altium (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards; and experience working with external board manufacturing and assembly vendors

Exposure to designing safety or mission critical aerospace flight hardware compliant with DO-254

Exposure to development of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant, flight hardware intended for space missions