Director, Avionics Engineering

Company: Blue Origin LLC
Location: Kent
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Blue Origin’s New Shepard engineering organization is looking for a talented director of avionics hardware. As part of a passionate team, you will lead the avionics hardware organization responsible or the development, qualification, and verification of flight vehicle avionics. You will establish and maintain the technical processes and tools required to support current and future program needs. Additionally, this role will provide strategic and tactical guidance for the New Shepard avionics hardware design teams. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your leadership and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable human spaceflight.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day operation of a highly talented team of avionics design engineers, technical project managers, and functional managers

Develop, plan and execute strategic initiatives within the New Shepard avionics hardware team to execute the New Shepard mission and support the company vision

Foster collaboration between functional and project managers to define current and future resource allocations across multiple projects

Write, modify, or assure compliance with company avionics development plans

Lead the New Shepard avionics team recruiting effort

Manage employee performance, training and career development

Instill a culture of continuous improvement through problem identification, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continual improvement

Qualifications

Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in EE, ME, CSE, CS or equivalent

15+ years of relevant experience in a regulated environment that includes: Five or more full development life-cycles for complex, embedded electronics products as a developer, functional manager, and program manager (combined)

Experience managing people and project plans simultaneously

Proven self-starter with a very strong bias for action

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in and lead teams, good execution and coordination skills

Demonstrated track record of resourcefulness and success from previous assignments and working with interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams

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.

Master's Degree (M.S.) or higher in EE, ME, CSE, CS or equivalent

10+ years of personnel management experience

Experience with AGILE development frameworks

Experience with avionics development in mission, flight and safety-critical environments

Experience in full lifecycle product development of safety-critical hardware (DAL A/B) in space or aerospace industries

Familiarity with ARP4754A and DO-254

Blue Origin offers a phenomenal work environment and awesome culture with competitive compensation, benefits, 401K, and relocation.

Blue Origin is an  equal opportunity employer . In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with Blue's principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age. Blue Origin prohibits any form of workplace harassment.

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About Us Blue Origin was founded with a vision to enable a future where millions of people are living and working in space to benefit Earth. In order to preserve Earth, Blue Origin believes in the need to enable humanity to expand, explore, find new energy and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space. Blue Origin believes it has an important role in building a road to space and lowering the cost of getting there. At Blue Origin, we’re working on this today by developing fully reusable launch vehicles and systems that are safe, reliable and affordable. Every launch vehicle is designed for human spaceflight from the beginning and able to ferry payloads to space.

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