Senior Hardware Engineer - High-Speed Spaceborne Payloads

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with match up to 5%

Stock options

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks an experienced hardware engineer to design, analyze, and validate circuit card assemblies for high-speed digital and networking payload systems in demanding environments.

You will own hardware from concept through production, partnering with FPGA, software, test, and manufacturing teams, applying DFM/DFT practices and leading bring-up and verification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in hardware design for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications.
• Demonstrated experience with high-speed digital circuit design and analysis.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and drive issues to closure.
• Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines.
• Hands-on experience with circuit-level analysis to validate design margin and requirements compliance.

Responsibilities

• Translate program requirements into hardware designs that meet performance, reliability, and SWaP-C constraints.
• Perform rigorous circuit-level analysis including WCA, Component Derating Analysis, DFMEA, and SI/PI analysis.
• Represent hardware across the full development lifecycle - interfacing with procurement, software, FPGA, harness, test, and manufacturing teams.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) best practices to support high-volume production; perform PFMEA.
• Lead and support bring-up, debug, and functional verification of complex circuit card assemblies.
• Operate independently, managing priorities, risks, and opportunities in a fast-paced development environment.
• Contribute to an agile program management cadence through sprint-based planning and execution.

Skills

Hardware design

DFMEA

SI/PI analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Circuit-level analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SPICE

HyperLynx

HFSS

Job description

Blue Origin in Washington state seeks an experienced hardware engineer to design, analyze, and validate circuit card assemblies for high-speed digital and networking payload systems in demanding environments.

You will own hardware from concept through production, partnering with FPGA, software, test, and manufacturing teams, applying DFM/DFT practices and leading bring-up and verification.