Senior Electrical Systems Engineer, Space Payload

Blue Origin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 144,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer in Huntsville to lead the electrical architecture for spacecraft and communications payloads. You will coordinate RF, optical, power, software, and mechanical teams, guiding interface definitions and margins across subsystems and payloads while mentoring junior engineers.

You will hands-on in design, development, production, and test, with occasional travel to support production and operations, and relocation assistance provided to join

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering.
• 8+ years in electrical systems engineering for space or high-reliability systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams with suppliers.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Defined power architectures, grounding, and power quality requirements.
• Experience with electrical transient modeling (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink).
• Knowledge of harness design, signal integrity, and interfaces.
• Experience with integration, test, and anomaly resolution on flight hardware.
• Experience with requirements, ICDs, and margin management.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for multidisciplinary teams and suppliers to create electronics solutions and interfaces.
• Define electrical requirements for end-to-end RF communications.
• Direct space electronics systems and components specifications.
• Support trade studies on compatibility, cost, and technical merit.
• Model and simulate electrical systems, including grounding and power quality.
• Define mission-environment-driven requirements and mitigations.
• Apply harness design practices for power quality and signal integrity.
• Maintain end-to-end electrical compatibility and margins across subsystems.
• Participate hands-on in design, development, production, and test.
• Identify risks early and define mitigations; resolve hardware anomalies.
• Mentor engineers on mission considerations and electrical subsystem concepts.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring junior engineers

Power architectures

Electrical system modeling

Grounding strategies

Signal integrity

Interface definition

HF/RF & optical comms knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SPICE-based tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer in Huntsville to lead the electrical architecture for spacecraft and communications payloads. You will coordinate RF, optical, power, software, and mechanical teams, guiding interface definitions and margins across subsystems and payloads while mentoring junior engineers.

You will hands-on in design, development, production, and test, with occasional travel to support production and operations, and relocation assistance provided to join