Sr. Power Electronics Engineer - BNS Core Systems and Components

Blue Origin•Littleton, CO

9d•$144,179 - $201,850

About The Position

Blue Origin is hiring a Senior Power Electronics Engineer for Blue National Security’s Core Systems and Components organization. The role supports Blue Ring and similar space systems by architecting, designing, and delivering electrical power components and systems for space missions. The engineer works independently, leads other engineers, owns program scope, and helps establish team tools, processes, and standards. The position’s decisions directly affect mission objectives. The engineer owns power-system architecture and circuit design, requirements and documentation, verification and testing, anomaly resolution, program execution, and technical mentorship. The role includes responsibility for schedule, budget, and technical milestones within the assigned hardware scope, as well as technical approval authority for deliverables. It also involves close collaboration with systems engineering, mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams. The position requires a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, at least eight years of relevant experience, and U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status for access to export-controlled technical data. An M.S. or Ph.D. and additional spacecraft, power electronics, qualification, modeling, and production experience are preferred. The advertised Colorado base pay range is $144,179.00–$201,849.90; other site ranges may differ.

Requirements

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
At least 8 years of experience designing and delivering electrical power systems hardware through the full development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through fabrication, qualification, and production.
Experience architecting and designing spacecraft or high-reliability electrical power system hardware, including power-generation interfaces, energy-storage systems, power distribution units, and regulation circuits.
Deep understanding of power electronics design, including buck, boost, buck-boost, and flyback DC/DC converters, battery management, and fault-protection circuits.
Experience performing and leading derating analysis, WCCA, tolerance analysis, and thermal analysis for flight or high-reliability power hardware.
Experience defining and implementing grounding, bonding, and shielding architecture for complex electronic systems.
Experience leading technical design reviews such as PDR and CDR, and owning the documentation and action-item closure process.
Experience leading root-cause analyses and anomaly investigations for complex hardware failures, including development and execution of recovery plans.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide substantive technical feedback.
U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, required for access to export-controlled technical data.

Nice To Haves

M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Experience designing electrical power system hardware for spacecraft, in-space propulsion systems, or launch vehicle avionics.
Experience with solar array power-system design, including maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and array-to-bus regulation architectures.
Knowledge of battery electrochemistry, cell-level characterization, and battery management system design for Li-ion or Li-polymer flight batteries.
Familiarity with fault-protection architecture, including autonomous fault detection, isolation, and recovery strategies for in-space systems.
Experience designing pyrotechnic or electro-explosive device firing circuits for spacecraft separation or deployment systems.
Knowledge of radiation effects on power electronics and experience selecting or qualifying radiation-tolerant components.
Experience with power-system modeling and simulation using MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE-based tools, or Systems Tool Kit (STK).
Familiarity with MIL-STD-975, MIL-PRF-38535, ECSS, or equivalent high-reliability parts qualification and screening standards.
Experience defining and executing EMI/EMC test programs for power-system hardware, such as MIL-STD-461 or equivalent.
Background in high-speed PCB physical design, including power distribution network analysis, signal integrity, and thermal management for multilayer flight boards.
Familiarity with AS9100, NASA-STD-8739, or IPC-A-610 quality and workmanship standards.
Experience supporting production transitions, including first-article inspection, design-for-manufacturing optimization, and production acceptance-test development.
Experience developing or owning discipline-level design processes, tools, or standards.
Familiarity with model-based systems engineering and requirements-management tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or Jama.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and deliver end-to-end electrical power systems for Core Systems and Components and Space Mobility avionics, including power generation, energy storage, power distribution, regulation, and fault protection.
Define and own electrical power system bus architecture, including primary bus topology, voltage domains, fault isolation strategy, and power sequencing across vehicle modes and mission phases.
Design flight power electronics circuits, including solar array regulators, battery charge/discharge controllers, DC/DC converters, LDOs, hot-swap controllers, and pyrotechnic firing circuits.
Develop mission-phase power budgets and drive power-allocation trades with systems engineering and subsystem owners.
Decompose and allocate system-level electrical power system requirements into subcircuit and module-level requirements across integrated electronic assemblies.
Lead derating, worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA), tolerance, and thermal analyses for assigned electrical power hardware.
Define system-level grounding, bonding, and shielding architecture to meet EMI/EMC requirements.
Guide PCB physical design, including power-plane strategy, high-current routing, thermal management, and design-for-excellence requirements for flight hardware.
Lead requirements analysis and electrical power system architecture definition, maintaining traceability from vehicle-level requirements through circuit-level implementation.
Author and own hardware requirements documents, interface control documents, design specifications, and architecture trade-study documentation.
Independently determine methods and procedures for new electrical power system design assignments and establish them as team standards.
Prepare and chair technical design reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR, and drive closure of findings and action items.
Lead development of hardware verification and validation plans with full requirements traceability for assigned scope.
Own environmental qualification and acceptance-test strategies for power-system hardware.
Lead anomaly investigations and root-cause analyses for complex electrical power system failures and develop and implement recovery plans.
Evaluate and disposition test anomalies using advanced technical judgment, driving corrective actions through design resolution.
Own schedule, budget, and technical milestones for assigned electrical power system hardware scope, and hold program-level technical approval authority for deliverables.
Lead projects and significant tool-development initiatives, and own process improvements that increase design efficiency and reduce errors.
Support technology roadmapping, electrical power system architecture maturation, and documentation of best practices at business and functional levels.
Lead, mentor, and train engineers on electrical power system design, analysis, verification methods, and hardware release criteria.
Review others’ technical work, identify subtle design flaws, and provide substantive, actionable improvements.
Develop processes and standards to improve the efficiency and quality of electrical power system design and verification.
Build working relationships with systems engineering, mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams to resolve cross-discipline technical challenges.

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 company discretion; bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.