MK2 Crew Lander GN&C Hardware Engineer L2 – Lunar Permanence

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 is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will contribute to the procurement, development, analysis, test, and verification, of the GN&C sensors for Lunar Permanence. You will support the full design life cycle of navigation sensor development, analysis, testing, verification/validation, and flight.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the development of GN&C hardware requirements from system level specifications with flow downs to subsystem and component levels, and companion verification methods 
• Support the design of the GN&C hardware configuration with design studies, and execute sensor performance trades 
• Contribute to the procurement, vendor coordination, delivery, acceptance, installation, verification, validation, qualification, and certification of the navigation hardware 
• Guide and perform testing and analyses such as flight tests, thermal vacuum tests, vibration tests, etc. to validate top-level system specifications and requirements, and to establish performance specifications of the sensors 
• Support the test and verification campaign of the GN&C hardware 
• Support the development and execution of component-level navigation test programs, including sensor characterization, sensor modeling, and integrated on-vehicle testing
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, on-vehicle functional testing, and flight testing 

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. and confirmed experience in engineering or related field, preference for Aerospace and Electrical engineering 

• Validated experience with at least one or more of the following GN&C hardware: Inertial navigation units (gyros and accelerometers), Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, star-trackers, and/or, EO/IR sensors

• Experience in integration and test support 

• Operational knowledge of inertial and relative navigation sensors 

• Demonstrated experience in verification and test of navigation systems 

• Proficiency in creation of avionics requirements and procurement specifications

• Experience with spacecraft avionics communications protocols (RS-422, Spacewire, etc.)

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace engineering or equivalent 

• Shown experience in development of spacecraft GN&C systems or spacecraft avionics systems 

• Experience in sensor procurement 

• Experience in designing, building, testing, or flying space vehicles 

• Knowledge in the development of planetary spacecraft navigation 

• Experience in spaceflight avionics 

• Experience in hardware-in-the-loop