Launch Facility Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

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 is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line - the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of the Launch Facility Team, you will implement and maintain instrumentation and control hardware for various Ground Equipment for the New Shepard program. This equipment is used to support New Shepard Launch and vehicle maintenance activities. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of New Shepard launch facility readiness. The position is responsible for the electrical implementation, maintenance, and operational status of the New Shepard launch facility control and monitoring systems. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Being at the heart of Blue Origin operations, the West Texas Site in Van Horn, TX offers eligible employee's additional attractive financial incentives to supplement their competitive base earnings, including a living allowance and relocation assistance. Eligibility for these additional benefits is based on the employee's ability to permanently relocate to Van Horn, TX, or travel to Van Horn from another Blue location a minimum of 50% of the time.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Troubleshoot issues with launch facility instrumentation and control systems
• Author work instructions for new hardware installation, preventive, and corrective maintenance items
• Work closely with engineering, technician, design teams to ensure equipment is being built, operated, and maintained properly
• Participate and oversee in the hardware build, installation, verification and maintenance activities
• Plan and oversee preventive maintenance and upgrades of instrumentation and control systems
• Maintain company-wide electrical design standards
• Provide day of launch engineering support for launch facility instrumentation and control systems
• Plan, build, and maintain electrical control and instrumentation systems
• Review control system electrical drawings for build and installation
• Identify and procure required components for build and maintenance activities
• Work with subcontractors and technicians performing installation projects
• Maintain configuration control of installed instrumentation and controls systems

Minimum Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering. Other engineering or science degrees or work history will be considered if experience in the above responsibilities are met
• Experience in electrical schematic design and panel layout design using CAD (preferably AutoCAD Electrical)
• Working knowledge of integrating instrumentation with data acquisition hardware
• Proficiency with electrical diagnostic equipment, such as digital voltage multimeters, oscilloscopes, and cable testers
• Experience working with industrial sensors and actuators: pressure, temperature, LVDT, accelerometers, motor controllers, valves, and pumps
• 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

• MS degree in Electrical Engineering
• 2+ years' experience with industrial or aerospace facility design or operation
• Experience in a dynamic and time critical operating environment
• Tuning closed loop control systems
• Experience with Linux Systems
• Professional experience in software development using PLC Ladder Logic, MATLAB, Python, or C/C++
• Experience in writing detailed work instructions for corrective and preventative maintenance.
• FMECA and other systems safety experience

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

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.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here.

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