Senior Electrical Power Engineer, Space Payloads

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an experienced Electrical Power Engineer to join the TeraWave team. You will architect, design, analyze, and verify power subsystems for satellite payloads and deliver flight-qualified hardware.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to meet demanding performance, mass, reliability, and environmental requirements of a space-based constellation. You will lead development of isolated DC-DC converters up to 1 kW/120 VDC and sub-1V POLs, perform extensive analyses, and ensure

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience in electrical power electronics design.
• Experience designing isolated DC-DC power converters at 1 kW / 120 VDC or higher.
• Experience designing sub-1V point-of-load converters with tight regulation tolerances.
• Direct experience designing power electronics for satellite/space hardware.
• Proficiency in performing and documenting WCA, derating, stability, power dissipation, transient response, reliability, DFMEA, DFT, DFM, EMI/C.
• Experience with circuit simulation tools (LTspice, SIMetrix, or equivalent).
• Familiarity with NASA EEE-INST-002 standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and qualification of isolated DC-DC power conversion systems up to 1 kW at 120 VDC.
• Design sub-1V POL power conversion circuits with tight voltage regulation.
• Develop and maintain power system architectures for satellite applications.
• Execute design verification analyses including WCA, derating, stability, and thermal.
• Support hardware bring-up, characterization, qualification and production test plans.
• Lead design reviews and present results to peers and stakeholders.
• Maintain compliance with Blue Origin engineering standards and space standards.

Skills

Power electronics design

DFMEA

DFT/DFM

EMI/EMC knowledge

System-level analysis

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering (power electronics)

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Altium Designer

LTspice / SIMetrix

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an experienced Electrical Power Engineer to join the TeraWave team. You will architect, design, analyze, and verify power subsystems for satellite payloads and deliver flight-qualified hardware.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to meet demanding performance, mass, reliability, and environmental requirements of a space-based constellation. You will lead development of isolated DC-DC converters up to 1 kW/120 VDC and sub-1V POLs, perform extensive analyses, and ensure