Electrical Engineer II - Space Avionics Integration

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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 is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will provide experienced technical leadership to Blue Origin program personnel and the established Radiation Effects team. From mission inception to operation, you will ensure success of Blue Origin's systems. You will actively engage program leadership and engineers to drive intelligent system design, part selection, subcontracts, and analyses.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support interdisciplinary teams to ensure electronics are hardened against the effects of space radiation.
• Support design decisions to optimize system performance in space.
• Analyze the impacts of space radiation environments on components and systems. (primarily Total Ionizing Dose and Single Event Effects)
• Assess system-level radiation risk considering fault tolerance, spacecraft design, redundancy, and single event effects criticality analysis.
• Derive and apply radiation mitigation techniques (filtering, EDAC, current limiting, etc.) to prevent disruption of system performance for space missions.
• Help maintain Blue's radiation test database.
• Assist with development and execution of radiation test plans as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Science, or related field with 2+ years of job-related experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and create electrical schematics and system diagrams.
• Experience hardening and verifying performance of electrical designs against space radiation effects (total ionizing dose, displacement damage dose, single event effects).
• Electrical engineering fundamentals, basic digital and analog circuit fundamentals, and familiarity with associated laboratory test equipment.
• Ability to specify and support PCB bring-up and operational procedures for test.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships across teams, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
• 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.
• Domestic travel required (10-25%). Foreign travel possible.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in radiation design, analysis, and

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