Solar Array Responsible Engineer-Project Sunrise

Blue Origin•Littleton, CO

About The Position

Blue Origin is hiring a Solar Array Responsible Engineer for Project Sunrise within Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE). The role supports development of Sunrise, a satellite constellation of orbital data centers. The engineer will serve as the Responsible Engineer and single point of accountability for the Power Regulator product, which regulates power from the solar array and to and from batteries, and converts power from the high-voltage DC bus to low-voltage DC for compute hardware. The position owns the Power Regulator as an integrated product, leading a multidisciplinary team spanning ASIC and circuit design, electromagnetic design, board layout, thermal and mechanical design, firmware, manufacturing, and test. Accountability covers requirements, architecture, interfaces, budgets, design, qualification, flight, and production. The engineer will guide the product from concept through production while balancing space-grade reliability with aggressive manufacturability, cost, yield, test throughput, and schedule goals. The production line is intended to scale from megawatt-scale annual output to gigawatt scale, with the product expected to be cost-competitive with its terrestrial equivalent.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
8+ years of hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching power converters, such as DC/DC, DC/AC, or battery charge/discharge regulators.
Experience as a box, assembly, or product-level Responsible Engineer, or equivalent technical lead, accountable for an integrated multi-card unit through integration and test.
Design experience with high-voltage power electronics above 100V, including bus architecture, protection circuits, and PCB layout considering creepage, clearance, and thermal management.
Experience selecting and sizing power semiconductors (Si, SiC, and/or GaN), gate drivers, and magnetics.
Proficiency in performing and documenting power electronics analyses, including worst-case analysis, derating, stability, power dissipation, transient response, and reliability.
Hands-on experience leading or substantially contributing to a hardware qualification campaign, including test plan development and anomaly resolution.
End-to-end product development experience, from requirements definition through qualification and production release.
Familiarity or fluency with AI tools and their application to design optimization, analysis, or requirements management.
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.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering focused on power electronics, or a related technical field.
Experience with solar array regulation, battery charge/discharge systems, and radiation-tolerant design practices.
Deep experience with high-frequency, wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) converters, advanced topologies such as resonant or isolated converters, and high-frequency magnetics design.
Familiarity with digital control of power converters using FPGAs, microcontrollers, or custom ASICs.
Background in high-volume industries such as automotive or data centers, with a focus on DFM/DFT, production test, and yield improvement.
Expertise with modern design and simulation tools such as Altium Designer, LTspice/PLECS, and Python.

Responsibilities

Serve as the single-threaded owner and Responsible Engineer for the Power Regulator, leading a multidisciplinary team and owning product architecture, requirements, interfaces, and budgets from concept through production.
Lead hands-on design and analysis of high-voltage, high-frequency switching power converters, including topology selection, component sizing, control strategy, schematic design, and electrical, thermal, and reliability analyses such as WCA and FMEA.
Own hardware verification and qualification strategy, develop test plans for prototype and flight hardware, lead anomaly investigations, and ensure validation for the space environment.
Drive transition to high-rate manufacturing through Design for Manufacturability and Test (DFM/DFT), definition of automated test requirements, and collaboration with production teams to meet cost and schedule targets.
Deliver the product on time and cost-competitive with its terrestrial equivalent while balancing space-grade reliability with manufacturing yield, unit cost, test throughput, and schedule.

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
Depending on role type and job level, potential eligibility for benefits and bonuses based on company discretion