Electrical Engineer III: Space Vehicle Systems & Controls

Blue Origin LLC; Washington; On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an Electrical Engineer III to deliver end-to-end electrical engineering solutions for engines and propulsion systems. You will work in a small, high-impact team, developing instrumentation, controls, and integration across multiple stakeholders to ensure safe, reliable hardware.

The role requires hands-on maintenance experience, problem solving, and travel up to 25%. Relocation is available, and candidates should be able to interface with operations, manufacturing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
• Experience with low-voltage and medium-voltage systems including interpreting analyses and studies.
• Experience with instrumentation and controls, including hardware such as Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).
• Hands on experience with preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and de-energization procedures.
• Demonstrated experience working in dynamic, high-energy operational environments.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Proficiency using AI tools in an engineering workflow.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze, and implement electrical engineering solutions spanning instrumentation and controls.
• Serve as a technical contributor on a small team with wide-ranging scope and shifting priorities.
• Interface with operations, manufacturing, test, and external partners to gather requirements and align on solutions.
• Provide engineering input across safety, systems engineering, configuration management, quality, and design processes.
• Perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on electrical systems and recommend corrective actions.
• Support maintenance of electrical systems, including spare parts procurement.
• Configure and support basic networking infrastructures.
• Apply safe-work practices in design and execution.

Skills

Electrical systems experience

Instrumentation and controls

Troubleshooting & root-cause analysis

Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures

Able to travel 25%

Communication skills

AI tools in engineering workflow

Dynamic high-energy environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

VFDs (Variable Frequency Drives)

Networking fundamentals

Safety and design drafting tools

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking an Electrical Engineer III to deliver end-to-end electrical engineering solutions for engines and propulsion systems. You will work in a small, high-impact team, developing instrumentation, controls, and integration across multiple stakeholders to ensure safe, reliable hardware.

The role requires hands-on maintenance experience, problem solving, and travel up to 25%. Relocation is available, and candidates should be able to interface with operations, manufacturing, and