Senior Electrical Engineer: Space-Grade High-Speed Payloads

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a hardware design engineer to design, analyze, and validate circuit card assemblies for high-speed digital and networking payloads in demanding environments. You will own hardware from concept through production, collaborating with FPGA, software, test, and manufacturing engineers.

You will perform rigorous analyses, apply DFM/DFT, support bring-up and verification, and contribute to an agile program cadence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in hardware design for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications.
• Demonstrated experience with high-speed digital circuit design and analysis.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and drive issues to closure.
• Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines.
• Hands-on experience with circuit-level analysis to validate design margin and requirements compliance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with systems and subsystem stakeholders to translate program requirements into hardware designs that meet performance, reliability, and SWaP-C constraints.
• Perform rigorous circuit-level analysis including Worst Case Analysis (WCA), Component Derating Analysis, Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Signal and Power Integrity (SI/PI) analysis.
• Represent hardware across the full development lifecycle — interfacing with procurement, software, FPGA, harness, test, and manufacturing teams.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) best practices to support high-volume production; perform Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
• Lead and support bring-up, debug, and functional verification of complex circuit card assemblies.
• Operate independently, managing priorities, risks, and opportunities in a fast-paced development environment.
• Contribute to an agile program management cadence through sprint-based planning and execution.

Skills

High-speed digital circuit design

Problem solving

Communication skills

Circuit-level analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a hardware design engineer to design, analyze, and validate circuit card assemblies for high-speed digital and networking payloads in demanding environments. You will own hardware from concept through production, collaborating with FPGA, software, test, and manufacturing engineers.

You will perform rigorous analyses, apply DFM/DFT, support bring-up and verification, and contribute to an agile program cadence.