RF Engineer III

BLUE ORIGIN•Seattle, WA

21d•$130,706 - $182,988•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable. This position is in Blue Origin’s exciting New Glenn program. As part of a robust Avionics team, you will design, develop, and verify high-performance radio frequency (RF) systems, radios and antennas for the New Glenn flight vehicle. You will engage and own efforts to develop robust RF systems that ensure reliable data transmission during all mission phases, from pre-launch testing through orbital operations. You will be integrated with our RF team and technical leads to drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle RF systems. In addition, you will follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release, and participate in flight support activities. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact our mission of Millions of People Living and Working in Space for the Benefit of Earth. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field
Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the design, modeling, simulation, verification, qualification, and production phases of the product lifecycle
5+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration, test, and operation of complex electronics
Knowledge of telemetry system architectures, including multiplexers, encoders, transmitters, receivers, and ground station equipment
High-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting, with understanding of EE principles
Some experience in PCB design, layout, fabrication and testing
Circuit analysis and simulation, such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and logic or P-Spice simulation
Experience in grounding and general board layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs
RF communication testing or subsystem/component design, with a strong background in RF principles
Experience with telemetry data acquisition systems design and optimization for high-reliability aerospace applications
Background developing circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products
Knowledge of modeling and simulation tools such as ANSYS HFSS, AWR-Microwave Office (of Keysight ADS), Altium designer, and python scripting
Very good documentation skills

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or related subject areas.
10+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration and test of complex RF Systems
Familiarity with aerospace telemetry standards including IRIG 106, CCSDS, and spectrum management requirements
Knowledge of SDR architectures and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms
Background with launch vehicle hardware development, integration, or test
Experience with RF link budget analysis and optimization for space-to-ground communications
Good understanding of antenna principles and design
Demonstrated project management skills, including schedule development, resource allocation, and risk management

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and verify high-performance radio frequency (RF) systems, radios and antennas for the New Glenn flight vehicle.
Develop robust RF systems that ensure reliable data transmission during all mission phases, from pre-launch testing through orbital operations.
Drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle RF systems.
Follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release.
Participate in flight support activities.