Senior Electrical Power Systems Engineer — Spacecraft EPS

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel: Up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in California, invites engineers to join the team advancing spaceflight technologies and the TeraWave network. This role focuses on Electrical Systems and EPS, owning the requirements baseline, architecture, interfaces, and verification strategies to ensure flight readiness.

You will collaborate with design, propulsion, software, and operations teams to deliver reliable space systems. Ideal candidates bring senior experience in spacecraft power systems, hands-on verification

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years in spacecraft systems engineering, electrical power systems, or related high-reliability electrical systems.
• Knowledge of EPS architectures, power electronics, batteries, solar arrays, protection and switching, harnessing, grounding/bonding, EMI/EMC.
• Experience writing and managing requirements, performing architecture trades, defining interfaces, and developing verification plans.
• Ability to interface with power-budget owners and review operating-mode analyses, block diagrams, and test scenarios.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical closure in evolving architectures and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own Electrical Systems and EPS requirements baseline, architecture products, interfaces, budget integration, verification strategy, and closure evidence.
• Derive, allocate, 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; reconcile assumptions across multiple domains.
• Lead electrical-architecture trades covering bus voltage, battery topology, solar-array sizing, and redundancy.
• Lead reviews for requirements, interfaces, verification, and test readiness; coordinate anomaly resolution with hardware and test teams.
• Create integrated verification plans and support flatsat, hardware-in-the-loop, and mission-scenario tests.

Skills

Electrical power systems

Avionics integration

Requirements management

Architecture trades

Interface definition

Verification planning

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering

M.S. in electrical engineering

Tools

JAMA/DOORS

Python

MATLAB

Jira

Confluence

Windchill/PLM

Databricks/SQL

Job description

Blue Origin, based in California, invites engineers to join the team advancing spaceflight technologies and the TeraWave network. This role focuses on Electrical Systems and EPS, owning the requirements baseline, architecture, interfaces, and verification strategies to ensure flight readiness.

You will collaborate with design, propulsion, software, and operations teams to deliver reliable space systems. Ideal candidates bring senior experience in spacecraft power systems, hands-on verification