Senior Beamforming & Satellite Systems Simulation Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 10%

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Beamforming Systems & Simulation Engineer to own end-to-end modeling of large-scale phased-array satellite systems. You will develop high-fidelity simulations to define architecture, evaluate performance, and drive requirements across antenna, RF, modem, FPGA/ASIC, and satellite subsystems.

This role requires strong background in beamforming and arrays, MATLAB/Python modeling, and collaboration across RF, DSP, and hardware teams; relocation

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.
• Ability to work across antenna, RF, DSP, modem, FPGA/ASIC, and system engineering disciplines.
• U.S. citizen or eligible status to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end simulation frameworks for large phased-array satellite communication systems.
• Model digital and hybrid beamforming architectures, including multi-beam operation and beam steering.
• Analyze array performance: beam patterns, sidelobes, scan loss, grating lobes, array gain.
• Generate system-level coverage maps, SINR distributions, and link-performance statistics.
• Collaborate with Antenna, RF, Modem/PHY, FPGA/ASIC teams and translate requirements to designs.
• Perform Monte Carlo and corner-case analyses to quantify margins and robustness.

Skills

Phased arrays

Beamforming

Digital signal processing

Wireless communications

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

GPU/CUDA

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

CUDA

Job description

Blue Origin in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Beamforming Systems & Simulation Engineer to own end-to-end modeling of large-scale phased-array satellite systems. You will develop high-fidelity simulations to define architecture, evaluate performance, and drive requirements across antenna, RF, modem, FPGA/ASIC, and satellite subsystems.

This role requires strong background in beamforming and arrays, MATLAB/Python modeling, and collaboration across RF, DSP, and hardware teams; relocation