Electrical Engineering Sr. Manager

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

1d • $183,807 - $257,329

About The Position

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

This role is accountable for the technical output, staffing, development, and performance of a small, high-impact team (typically 4-8 direct reports) delivering end-to-end electrical engineering solutions. Working under general direction from senior engineering leadership, the manager sets team priorities, allocates engineering resources across competing operational demands, and personally engages in technical decision-making on the most complex or highest-risk problems. The manager partners across a diverse set of technical and operational stakeholders, ensuring the team's engineering judgment is applied consistently across the supporting disciplines that surround a successful integration effort.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience, including demonstrated technical leadership of engineering work
• 2+ years of experience directly managing, leading, or formally mentoring engineers (people management, technical lead, or equivalent leadership experience)
• Experience with low-voltage and medium-voltage systems including interpreting analyses and studies
• Functional knowledge of motors, generators, and facility power systems
• Experience with instrumentation and controls, including hardware such as Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Hands-on experience with preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis
• Familiarity with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and de-energization procedures
• Demonstrated experience leading teams in dynamic, high-energy operational environments
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills, including experience communicating technical direction and priorities to both engineers and senior leadership
• Ability to manage competing priorities and lead a team in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Proficiency using AI tools in an engineering workflow, and experience driving their adoption within a team

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• Experience designing for hazardous (classified) areas (e.g., Class I, Division 2)
• Experience leading or overseeing failure investigations
• Experience supporting or overseeing systems engineering, configuration management, or quality processes
• Experience developing work instructions and engineering processes at a team or organizational level
• Working knowledge of basic networking systems
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (e.g., NEC, NFPA 70E / arc flash) and PLC/controls platforms
• Prior experience building or scaling an engineering team, including hiring and onboarding

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Electrical Engineers, including hiring, performance reviews, career development planning, and day-to-day workload management
• Set team priorities and allocate engineering resources across competing operational, maintenance, and integration demands
• Serve as the primary point of escalation for technical disagreements, resourcing conflicts, and cross-functional coordination issues affecting the team
• Build technical bench strength on the team through mentorship, delegation, and targeted skill development, including in AI-enabled engineering tools
• Represent the team's capacity, capabilities, and constraints to senior engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Provide technical direction and review for the team's electrical engineering solutions spanning power distribution, motor/generator systems, instrumentation, and controls, along with the integration challenges that bridge these domains
• Personally engage in the most complex or highest-risk technical problems, independently determining approaches where the team requires additional depth or judgment
• Interface with multiple stakeholder groups-including operations, manufacturing, test, and external partners-to align on requirements, technical direction, and solutions at the team and program level
• Ensure the team's engineering input across supporting disciplines (safety and failure-effects analysis, systems engineering, configuration management, quality, work-instruction authoring, work scheduling, technical design/drafting, and process development) meets organizational standards
• Oversee troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on electrical and electromechanical systems performed by the team, and validate recommended corrective actions
• Ensure preventative and corrective maintenance programs for electrical systems are executed, including critical spare parts planning
• Ensure the team properly configures and supports basic networking infrastructure tied to electrical/controls systems
• Champion and enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), de-energization, and other safe-work practices across the team's design and execution work
• Ensure electrical systems designed for hazardous (classified) locations meet applicable codes and standards
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering tools across the team to improve analysis, documentation, and design efficiency
• Ensure the team documents designs, analyses, and decisions to support traceability and configuration control

Benefits

• 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.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior