Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a senior electrical engineer to lead analog instrumentation and actuator circuit design for environmental and combustion measurements in rocket propulsion systems. You will own circuit development, testing, and troubleshooting across the product life cycle, and mentor junior engineers.

You will apply fault analysis, DFx, and FMECA in avionics subsystems, manage design schedules, and ensure robust signal integrity and power conversion across hardware.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering with 7 years of professional experience, including 5+ years in electronics hardware development.
• Demonstrated technical leadership guiding project teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Hands-on experience with analog and digital circuit design, analysis, testing, and debugging.
• Expert knowledge of Op-Amp circuits as used in instrumentation measurements, including scaling and active filters.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power conversion, grounding, and board layout principles.
• Experience with electric motor drive circuits (EMA) is a valuable asset.
• Highly organized with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with data anomaly review and system troubleshooting in a lab or test environment.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive relationships.
• Passion for Blue Origin's mission: Millions of people living and working in space.

Responsibilities

• Electrical design of analog instrumentation measurement circuits for environmental and combustion conditions.
• Electrical design of actuator circuits for solenoids or electromechanical servos.
• Interpret systems engineering and quality requirements for electrical product development.
• Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware across the product life-cycle; from concept to release.
• Support FMECA, DFx, and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
• Manage design schedules of avionics subsystems.
• Routinely present program status and issues.
• Identify root causes using fault tree and fishbone methodologies.

Skills

Electrical design

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

Op-Amp circuits

Signal integrity

Power conversion

Grounding & layout

Electric motor drive circuits

Root-cause analysis

FMECA / DFx

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Job description

• Electrical design of analog instrumentation measurement circuits that measure various environmental and combustion conditions of a rocket engine.
• Electrical design of actuator circuits for solenoids, or electromechanical servo systems.
• Interpret systems engineering and quality requirements as they apply to electrical product development.
• Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product life-cycle; including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production.
• Support risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
• Manage design schedules of avionics subsystem.
• Routinely present program status and issues.
• Identify root cause failure modes using fault tree and fishbone methodologies.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 7 years of professional experience of which 5+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development
• Demonstrated technical leadership in guiding project teams, making critical design decisions, and mentoring junior engineers
• Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital circuit design, analysis, test, and debug
• Expert knowledge of Op-Amp circuits as applied to instrumentation measurements including scaling, active filters and current to voltage conversion
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power conversion, grounding, and general board layout principles
• Experience with electric motor drive circuits (EMA) is a valuable asset
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical skills (written and verbal)
• Experience with data anomaly review and system troubleshooting in a lab or test environment
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships
• Passion for Blue Origin's mission: Millions of people living and working in space.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in electrical design for analog instrumentation and actuator circuits, with a strong focus on circuit development, testing, and troubleshooting. Proven ability to lead projects, mentor engineers, and manage design schedules in avionics subsystems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Electrical Design of Analog Circuits
• Expert Knowledge of Op-Amp Circuits
• Direct Experience in Electronics Hardware Development
• Technical Leadership in Project Teams
• Experience with Data Anomaly Review

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Analog Circuit Design
• Digital Circuit Design
• Circuit Analysis
• Test and Debug
• Power Conversion
• Signal Integrity
• Board Layout Principles
• Electric Motor Drive Circuits
• Root-Cause Analysis
• FMECA

Soft Skills

• Excellent Technical Skills
• Highly Organized
• Ability to Earn Trust
• Maintain Positive Relationships
• Mentoring Junior Engineers

Certifications & Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Industry Keywords

• Environmental Measurement
• Combustion Conditions
• Avionics Subsystem
• Design for Test
• Design for Manufacture
• Design for Cost
• Fault Tree Methodology
• Fishbone Methodology
• Prototyping
• Product Life-Cycle