Senior Beamforming & Satellite Simulation Engineer

Blue Origin; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Blue Origin in California is seeking a Senior Beamforming Systems & Simulation Engineer to own system-level modeling for large-scale phased-array satellite links. You will develop frameworks and analyze performance across antenna, RF, and digital beamforming subsystems.

The role involves MATLAB/Python modeling, Monte Carlo studies, and cross-team collaboration with Antenna, RF, Modem/PHY, FPGA, and ASIC teams. Relocation is provided and travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related technical field.
• Strong background in phased arrays, beamforming, digital signal processing, or wireless communication systems.
• Experience developing numerical/system-level simulation environments using MATLAB and/or Python.
• Strong understanding of antenna arrays, array factors, beam steering, spatial processing, and RF/communications fundamentals.
• Experience performing system-level performance analysis using SINR, coverage, interference, and link margin.
• Ability to work across antenna, RF, DSP, modem, FPGA/ASIC, and system engineering disciplines.
• U.S. citizen or lawful status as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end simulation frameworks for large phased-array satellite communication systems.
• Model digital and hybrid beamforming architectures, including multi-beam operation, beam steering, beam shaping, and orthogonal beam generation.
• Analyze array performance including beam patterns, sidelobes, scan loss, grating lobes, element patterns, array gain, and beam-to-beam interference.
• Generate system-level coverage maps, SINR distributions, interference analysis, and link-performance statistics across satellite passes and service areas.
• Incorporate satellite geometry, attitude, pointing errors, antenna orientation, and GNC inputs into beamforming simulations.
• Model real-world array and RF impairments including amplitude/phase errors, calibration errors, element failures, quantization, coupling effects, and hardware constraints.
• Integrate beamforming analysis with communication-system link budgets and translate system requirements into antenna, RF, and digital beamforming requirements.
• Perform Monte Carlo and corner-case analysis to quantify performance margins and system robustness.
• Evaluate beamforming architecture tradeoffs including number of beams, number of elements, digital chains, subarray configurations, beam overlap, and resource allocation.
• Develop algorithms and models in MATLAB and/or Python, with opportunities to accelerate large-scale simulations using C/C++ or GPU/CUDA.
• Work closely with Antenna, RF, Communications Systems, GNC, Modem/PHY, FPGA, and ASIC teams.
• Support correlation of analytical and simulation models with hardware measurements, antenna characterization, and system-level testing.
• Develop clear technical documentation and communicate simulation results and architectural recommendations to cross-functional engineering teams.

Education

M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related technical field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Job description

Blue Origin in California is seeking a Senior Beamforming Systems & Simulation Engineer to own system-level modeling for large-scale phased-array satellite links. You will develop frameworks and analyze performance across antenna, RF, and digital beamforming subsystems.

The role involves MATLAB/Python modeling, Monte Carlo studies, and cross-team collaboration with Antenna, RF, Modem/PHY, FPGA, and ASIC teams. Relocation is provided and travel up to 10% may be required.