Senior Electrical Engineer, Spacecraft Power & Avionics

Blue Origin; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced electrical systems engineer to own EPS baselines, architectures, and verification closure for spacecraft programs. You will derive requirements, manage traceability, and coordinate with power-budget owners across nominal and mission scenarios.

The role requires strong leadership in architecture trades, verification planning, and cross-functional collaboration within a fast-paced, safety-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or higher in a relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in spacecraft systems engineering or high-reliability electrical systems.
• Experience with EPS architectures, power electronics, batteries, solar arrays, or EMI/EMC.
• Experience writing/managing requirements and developing verification plans.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical closure with evolving architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own the Electrical Systems and EPS baselines, architectures, interfaces, and verification closure.
• Derive and manage verifiable electrical-system requirements with traceability across diagrams and documents.
• Interface with power-budget owners for nominal, peak, transient and end-of-life cases.
• Lead electrical-architecture trades: bus voltage, battery topology, solar sizing, redundancy.
• Lead reviews for requirements, interfaces, verification, and test readiness; coordinate anomaly resolution.
• Create integrated verification plans and support flatsat, hardware-in-the-loop, and mission testing.
• Manage risks, decisions, configuration changes, and test procedures across documents and models.

Skills

Requirements writing

Architecture trades

Interface definition

Verification planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related

Tools

JAMA/DOORS

Python

MATLAB

Jira

Confluence

Windchill/PLM

Databricks/SQL

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced electrical systems engineer to own EPS baselines, architectures, and verification closure for spacecraft programs. You will derive requirements, manage traceability, and coordinate with power-budget owners across nominal and mission scenarios.

The role requires strong leadership in architecture trades, verification planning, and cross-functional collaboration within a fast-paced, safety-focused environment.