Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Space Solar Array

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

401(k) with company matching

Job summary

Blue Origin's TeraWave Spacecraft Bus team in the Greater Seattle area is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer focused on Solar Array Regulation. You will own the SAR from requirements through circuit design, qualification, and production, balancing reliability with cost and manufacturability at constellation scale.

Join a hands-on hardware role that defines SAR hardware requirements, interfaces with systems engineering and thermal, and leads qualification campaigns per MIL-STD-1540/ECSS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering plus 7+ years of hardware development experience.
• Experience with solar array regulation topologies (S3R, MPPT, PPT) in space or high-reliability systems.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1540, SMC-S-016, ECSS-E-ST-10-03 and hardware qualification campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead circuit design for Solar Array Regulator including S3R, MPPT, and PPT topologies.
• Define thermal dissipation requirements and coordinate with thermal to validate heat rejection.
• Own SAR design package, BOMs, schematics, drawings, and analysis reports.
• Develop and transition automated test equipment for SAR production.
• Drive FMEA/FMECA and single-point failure elimination.

Skills

Power electronics

Solar array regulation

High-voltage design

Hardware qualification

EMI/EMC design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Graduate degree (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

LTspice

Windchill PLM

Job description

Blue Origin's TeraWave Spacecraft Bus team in the Greater Seattle area is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer focused on Solar Array Regulation. You will own the SAR from requirements through circuit design, qualification, and production, balancing reliability with cost and manufacturability at constellation scale.

Join a hands-on hardware role that defines SAR hardware requirements, interfaces with systems engineering and thermal, and leads qualification campaigns per MIL-STD-1540/ECSS