Senior Power Electronics & PCB Design Engineer Lead - TeraWave

BLUE ORIGIN•Seattle, WA

2d•$156,802 - $219,522

About The Position

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 team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based communications with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth. This multi-orbit constellation will consist of optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO), providing enterprise-grade connectivity for critical operations worldwide. This role sits within the TeraWave Spacecraft Bus Electrical Power Subsystem team. We are seeking a Lead Power Electronics and PCB Design Engineer to lead a team of experienced circuit and PCB design engineers responsible for the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) electronics. Your team's mandate is clear: optimize the PMAD for cost, mass, and producibility without compromising reliability or performance — and do it at constellation scale. This is a dual technical leadership and hands-on engineering role. You will set technical direction, manage complex design trades, and guide your team through schematic review, layout, verification, and qualification. You will also roll up your sleeves — owning board architecture decisions, driving DFM/DFT, and working directly with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers to ensure the design is buildable at rate. TeraWave produces thousands of units, which means every decision you make has a direct multiplying effect on cost, yield, and schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Materials Science Engineering, Physics, or a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, plus 8 or more years of electronics hardware development experience, including demonstrated team leadership experience spanning technical guidance, performance development, and cross-functional coordination
Proficiency with PCB design tools — Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or equivalent — including hands-on layout experience for mixed-signal and high-power designs
Demonstrated experience in power electronics hardware development, including high-voltage switching, power regulation, and PCB layout with explicit consideration for creepage, clearance, and thermal management
Hands-on circuit design experience across analog, digital, or mixed-signal domains, including analysis, simulation, component selection, and troubleshooting of common parts such as power supplies, ADCs, DACs, op amps, processors, and MOSFETs
Working knowledge of DFM, DFT principles, and IPC standards (IPC-2221, IPC-6012, IPC-A-610 or equivalent), with experience applying them in a production electronics context
Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum — required for access to export-controlled technical data

Nice To Haves

Experience designing electronics for space or aerospace environments, including vacuum, thermal cycling, radiation tolerance, and vibration
Experience with power integrity analysis tools such as HyperLynx, Ansys SIwave, or Cadence Sigrity
Experience performing worst-case circuit analysis, FMEA/FMECA, and reliability analysis for high-reliability applications
Knowledge of signal integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC best practices for high-power and mixed-signal PCB designs
Knowledge of common communication protocols including RS-422, I2C, SPI, LVDS, Ethernet, or CAN
Knowledge of conformal coating, potting, and other space-qualification surface treatment techniques
Familiarity with MIL-STD or NASA standards for electronics design and PCB fabrication
Background in fault detection, redundancy strategies, and system-level reliability design
Experience with Windchill PLM or an equivalent configuration management system
Strong written and verbal technical communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to author specifications, analysis reports, and design documentation independently

Responsibilities

Lead a team of PCB and circuit design engineers responsible for PMAD electronics design, optimization, and production readiness
Own board architecture decisions for the PMAD, including power distribution, connector strategy, signal routing, current path design, protection interfaces, serviceability, and manufacturability
Drive cost and mass reduction trades, architecture simplification, modularity, part count reduction, and recurring manufacturing cost improvements
Lead electronics requirements definition, architecture trades, detailed design development, design verification, and test across the PMAD
Design multi-layer PCBs for complex digital, mixed-signal, and high-voltage/high-power systems, with careful attention to EMC, creepage and clearance, signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management
Conduct power integrity analysis and design power distribution networks (PDN) for low-noise, high-current applications
Work closely with mechanical packaging and harness teams to ensure the PMAD design is scalable, integrable, and manufacturable
Work with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers to resolve fabrication and assembly issues and ensure DFM compliance
Collaborate with supply chain to ensure component and material availability for production rate
Support board bring-up, hardware debugging, and anomaly resolution during development, qualification, and integration
Follow designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, and production release; support integration and flight acceptance activities
Generate and maintain complete fabrication and assembly documentation including Gerber files, drill files, assembly drawings, and BOMs within the configuration management system