RF/Microwave Systems Engineer III – Space Antennas

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,706 - 182,987; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in the United States, seeks a Systems Engineer III (RF/Microwave Systems) for the Blue National Security team. You will develop system-level requirements for space-based sensing and lead trade studies and interface control documents to ensure end-to-end coherence.

Candidates bring 5+ years in aerospace systems engineering, UHF antenna design, phased arrays, and strong technical communication; TS/SCI clearance is required, and U.S. citizenship or residency is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system-level requirements for advanced space-based sensing systems, ensuring traceability from mission objectives through subsystem specifications.
• Conduct system architecture trade studies to evaluate design alternatives, performance margins, and feasibility.
• Author and review key systems engineering artifacts including CONOPs, SRDs, ICDs, and SEMP.
• Collaborate with payload, spacecraft, ground systems, and mission operations to ensure end-to-end system coherence.
• Support design reviews and provide technical inputs to R&D program milestones.
• Perform link budget analyses and RF system performance assessments relevant to space-based sensing architectures.
• Study the design, analyze, and optimize UHF-band antenna systems, including aperture sizing, beam pattern, polarization, and gain/noise in space.
• Evaluate antenna integration trades including deployable structures, phased arrays, and feed networks at UHF frequencies.
• Engage with government customers and mission partners to translate operational needs into system requirements.
• Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and TPM tracking throughout the program lifecycle.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Technical communication

GMTI/AMTI concepts

Space-based RF sensing architectures

UHF-band antenna design

Phased array antennas

RF performance analysis

Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline

Tools

DOORS

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Job description

Blue Origin, based in the United States, seeks a Systems Engineer III (RF/Microwave Systems) for the Blue National Security team. You will develop system-level requirements for space-based sensing and lead trade studies and interface control documents to ensure end-to-end coherence.

Candidates bring 5+ years in aerospace systems engineering, UHF antenna design, phased arrays, and strong technical communication; TS/SCI clearance is required, and U.S. citizenship or residency is essential.