Senior Electrical Power Systems Engineer - Spacecraft

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Systems Engineer for Electrical Systems and EPS to own the requirements baseline, architecture, interfaces, verification, and flight evidence. You will partner with electrical design leads and coordinate across spacecraft bus, payload, propulsion, flight software, and mission operations.

Minimum qualifications include a BS in electrical, aerospace, or systems engineering, 5+ years in spacecraft-systems engineering, and strong knowledge of EPS. U.S.

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical, aerospace, systems engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of spacecraft-systems engineering, EPS, or similar high-reliability electrical systems.
• Working knowledge of EPS architectures, power electronics, batteries, solar arrays, protection/switching, grounding/bonding, EMI/EMC.
• Experience writing/managing requirements, architecture trades, interfaces, and verification plans.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical closure with evolving architecture and tight schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own the Electrical Systems and EPS requirements baseline, architecture products, interface definitions, verification strategy, and closure evidence.
• Derive, allocate, and manage verifiable electrical-system requirements with traceability across diagrams and test procedures.
• Interface with power-budget owners for nominal, peak, transient, contingency, and end-of-life cases; reconcile assumptions.
• Lead electrical-architecture trades involving bus voltage, battery topology, solar-array sizing, load switching, redundancy, and cross-strapping.
• Coordinate anomaly resolution with hardware and test teams; drive verification and test-readiness reviews.
• Create integrated verification plans and support flatsat, HI-LOOP, subsystem, and mission testing.

Skills

Electrical systems engineering

Power systems

Avionics integration

Requirements management

System architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering

B.S. in aerospace engineering

B.S. in systems engineering

M.S. in electrical/aerospace/systems engineering

Tools

JAMA/DOORS

Python

MATLAB

Jira

Confluence

Windchill/PLM

Databricks/SQL

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Systems Engineer for Electrical Systems and EPS to own the requirements baseline, architecture, interfaces, verification, and flight evidence. You will partner with electrical design leads and coordinate across spacecraft bus, payload, propulsion, flight software, and mission operations.

Minimum qualifications include a BS in electrical, aerospace, or systems engineering, 5+ years in spacecraft-systems engineering, and strong knowledge of EPS. U.S.