Senior Electrical Systems Engineer

Blue Origin•Littleton, CO

15h

About The Position

Blue Origin’s Blue National Security team is seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer focused on communications payload integration. The role provides technical direction for the electrical architecture of spacecraft and communications payload systems. The engineer works with multidisciplinary teams—including RF, optical communications, command and data handling, power, software, and mechanical—and external suppliers to define and deliver space electronics solutions. This hands-on position spans design, development, production, and test. The engineer owns electrical interface compatibility, functional allocations, and margins across subsystems and payloads, and mentors junior engineers. The position includes occasional travel, up to 25%, to support production and operations, and relocation assistance is available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
At least 8 years of electrical systems engineering experience in space or other high-reliability systems.
Experience leading cross-functional teams, including supplier interfaces.
Experience mentoring or leading junior engineers.
Demonstrated experience defining power architectures, grounding strategies, and power quality requirements.
Experience with electrical transient system modeling and simulation, such as SPICE-based tools or MATLAB/Simulink.
Understanding of harness design concepts, signal integrity, design implementations, and interface definition.
Experience supporting integration, test, and anomaly resolution on flight and flight-like hardware.
Experience with requirements development, interface control documents (ICDs), and margin management.
Must meet the stated U.S. employment eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Experience with spacecraft charging analysis and mitigation, including surface and internal charging and ESD.
Experience with high-voltage/low-voltage hybrid power architecture.
Background in RF and optical communications systems and end-to-end link electrical requirements.
Experience applying EMI/EMC standards, such as MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-1541, or equivalent, to spacecraft systems.
Experience with radiation environments and electronic part selection for space.
Experience with fault tree analysis, FMEA, and root cause/corrective action processes.
Active U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction to multidisciplinary systems teams and suppliers in creating and defining electronics solutions and their spacecraft and payload interfaces.
Define electrical requirements for end-to-end RF communications.
Provide direction and definition for space electronics systems and components.
Support trade studies evaluating compatibility, applicability, cost, and technical merit of internal and external electronics development efforts.
Perform electrical system modeling and simulations, including power quality assessment planning, system and component grounding definition, interface compatibility, and electrical effects of the mission environment.
Define requirements and mitigations driven by the mission environment, such as spacecraft charging.
Apply harness design best practices to ensure power quality and signal integrity at key interfaces.
Maintain electrical compatibility, functional allocations, and margins across subsystems and payloads.
Participate hands-on in design, development, production, and test.
Identify technical risks early in design and define mitigations.
Resolve electrical hardware anomalies at component and system levels, determine root causes, and define corrective actions for engineering development and flight hardware.
Mentor junior engineers on mission considerations and electrical subsystem concepts.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability
401(k) with company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Relocation assistance
Depending on role type and job level, potential benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results; eligibility and amounts are not guaranteed.