Avionics Controls Engineer - New Glenn Flight Autonomy

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 diverse 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 launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to Earth’s orbit and beyond. Engineered with a reusable first stage and a seven-meter payload fairing, New Glenn is building the road to spac

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will design flight control or guidance software for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of flight control application software development and verification. You may also develop, test, and integrate various flight control software applications for both fluid and mechanical sensor and actuator subsystems. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

 

Responsibilities:

• Perform system level analysis to assist in the development of high level performance requirements
• Develop guidance and control requirements with flow downs to subsystem and software levels and companion verification methods
• Support configuration design studies and develop prototype control system solutions for trade
• Build guidance or control code in Simulink to support autocoding to target
• Conduct stability and performance assessments including development of linear and non-linear models
• Perform analyses, including simulations and Monte-Carlo, to satisfy top-level system specifications and requirements
• Support the development of Simulink and MATLAB tools necessary to analyze, unit test, and verify control and guidance designs
• Support integration and testing of flight software applications
• Develop verification and validation procedures to ensure software products will perform as specified to meet system and subsystem requirements
• Perform plant model validation using test and flight data

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum B.S. in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or related engineering with 2+ years of design experience
• Experience in developing control systems and software for complex linear and nonlinear systems including the development of models suitable for control system design
• Developer-level proficiency in Simulink and MATLAB
• Experience in designing, testing and flying aerospace guidance and control systems for rockets, missiles, and aerodynamic reentry systems - relevant Thesis research is acceptable
• Highly organized and capable of planning and guiding complex technical work
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized and capable of planning and guiding complex technical work
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or related engineering
• Solid system engineering and configuration management skills
• Demonstrated knowledge in both classical and modern control design techniques
• Demonstrated knowledge in applied optimal control and estimation (e.g. Kalman Filtering)
• Good system engineering and configuration management skills
• Experience with rockets, missiles or other aerospace vehicle systems

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is$109,980—$153,972 USD

Inclusivity 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 a diverse, inclusive, and 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.

 

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

 

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