Solar Array Responsible Engineer-Project Sunrise

BLUE ORIGIN•Denver, CO

9d•$144,179 - $219,522

About The Position

Blue Origin’s Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering team is developing Sunrise, a satellite constellation of orbital data centers. The Solar Array Responsible Engineer will serve as the box Responsible Engineer for the Power Regulator products supporting Project Sunrise. These products regulate solar-array power, manage power to and from batteries, and convert power from the high-voltage DC bus to low-voltage DC power for compute hardware. The engineer will own the Power Regulator as an integrated product and lead a multidisciplinary team spanning ASIC and circuit design, electromagnetic design, board layout, thermal management, mechanical design, firmware, manufacturing, and test. The role carries technical and programmatic accountability from requirements definition through design, qualification, flight, and production-line establishment. The product is intended to scale from megawatt-scale annual production to gigawatt scale, with design decisions affecting manufacturing yield, unit cost, test throughput, and schedule. The position balances space-grade reliability with cost, manufacturability, and aggressive delivery targets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
At least 8 years of hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching power converters, including DC/DC, DC/AC, or battery charge/discharge regulators.
Experience as a box, assembly, or product-level Responsible Engineer, or in an equivalent technical lead role, with accountability for an integrated multi-card unit through integration and test.
Experience designing high-voltage power electronics above 100V, including bus architecture, protection circuits, and PCB layouts that consider creepage, clearance, and thermal management.
Experience selecting and sizing power semiconductors such as 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 design for manufacturability and test, 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 technical 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 worst-case analysis and FMEA.
Own the hardware verification and qualification strategy, including developing test plans for prototype and flight hardware, leading anomaly investigations, and validating the product for the space environment.
Drive transition to high-rate manufacturing by championing design for manufacturability and test, defining automated test requirements, and collaborating with production teams to meet cost and schedule targets.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and 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, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.