Avionic FPGA Design and Verification Engineer - New Glenn

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team, you will participate in all aspects of development, implementation, and deployment of FPGA solutions within New Glenn flight avionics. This includes requirements development with design engineers, verification through Formal methods, UVM based simulation and on-target testing. You will work together with FPGA verification engineers as well as Software, Electrical and Systems teams to build outstanding, high-reliability, safety-critical avionics solutions for our New Glenn Orbital Launch Vehicle. As such, experience with avionics and DO-254 is a plus.

Our FPGA team is tightly knit and very team oriented, with a variety of experience and backgrounds. We care about the success of our peers and are eager to help each other learn and grow.

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

We are open on level of candidate for this role. Please note that this position is located in Kent, WA (Blue Origin offers an amazing relocation package).

Level ll Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field with a digital design focus
• 3+ years proven FPGA/HDL design/verification work experience in Verilog (or VHDL)
• Experience developing FPGA solutions for embedded systems, including software and hardware integration
• Self-motivated and independent, can work as a team player as well as an individual contributor with strong organizational and interpersonal team skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• 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

Desired:

• Graduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field with a digital logic architecture and design focus
• Experience with Riviera-Pro, Modelsim, or Questasim simulators and Synopsys tools for design. vendors: Microchip, Xilinx, and/or Altera
• Experience with sophisticated verification techniques: Assertion-Based Verification, Universal Verification Methodology, and/or Constrained Random Verification
• Familiarity with DO-178, DO-254 and/or other development assurance guidelines
• Familiarity with sensors and instrumentation including accelerometers, rate gyros, pressure, and temperature sensors.
• Programming and scripting skills: C / C++; TCL, Python; and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Exposure to fault-tolerant, high-reliability, safety-critical, robust, radiation-tolerant FPGA-based solution development for space-based avionics systems.
• Exposure to control and/or signal processing solutions implemented on FPGAs.

Level lll Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field with a digital design focus
• 4+ years’ FPGA/ASIC Design/Verification experience
• Proven firmware development skills in real-time embedded systems, particularly in Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL.
• Experience designing, developing, and verifying high-performance FPGA or ASIC solutions for use in highly integrated (SW and HW) systems.
• Solid understanding of NPR 7150.2, DO-254, or other safety-critical software standard
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and build a culture of collaboration
• 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.

Desired:

• 6+ years’ experience with UVM based verification.
• Exposure to fault-tolerant, high-reliability, safety-critical, robust, radiation-tolerant FPGA-based solution development for space-based avionics systems
• Familiarity with MPSoCs, AMBA protocols, Xilinx, SmartFusion2
• Experience with Questasim, Synopsys, Vivado, Libero
• Basic programming and scripting skills with Python

Senior Level Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field with a digital design focus
• 7+ years’ FPGA/ASIC Design/Verification experience
• Full Product Life Cycle development experience — from requirements development through final release
• Ability to maintain positive, professional, inclusive relationships
• Confident working in Linux and shell scripting
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• 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

Desired:

• Familiarity with DO-254 and/or other development assurance guidelines
• 10+ Years’ experience with UVM based verification
• Exposure to fault-tolerant, high-reliability, safety-critical, robust, radiation-tolerant FPGA-based solution development for space-based avionics systems
• Familiarity with MPSoCs, AMBA protocols, Xilinx, SmartFusion2
• Experience with Questasim, Synopsys, Vivado, Libero
• Basic programming and scripting skills with Python

Don’t meet every single requirement? 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 qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants:

Engineer - Avionics, Instruments & GNC II is $108,000 - $158,400

Engineer - Avionics, Instruments & GNC III is $135,000 - $198,000
Engineer - Avionics, Instruments & GNC Sr is $163,725 - $240,130

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here and here.

Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

Benefits

Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.

Paid Time Off:  Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays

Discretionary bonus programs