Senior RF & DFX Engineer - Spaceborne Manufacturing

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 50%

Job summary

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a Senior Manufacturing RF DFX Engineer to own end-to-end RF assembly design for the TeraWave satellite system. You will bridge RF/microwave circuit design, antenna integration, and production readiness for high-volume space hardware.

You will drive DFX across design and manufacturing, optimize RF board stackups and transmission lines, and lead reliability and test strategies for orbital-scale operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in RF/microwave design, RF assembly, or RF systems integration in a product development and volume production environment.
• Experience designing RF/microwave assemblies with impedance-controlled routing, high-frequency components, and tight performance tolerances; proficiency in Altium, Cadence, ADS, HFSS, or equivalent RF design and simulation tools.
• Hands-on experience with RF assembly processes, including connectorization, shielding, calibration, RF test, and line bring-up.
• Demonstrated application of DFX principles (DFM/DFT/DFA/DFR) in bringing RF assemblies from design into volume production.
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead RF/microwave assembly design for satellite communication modules and subsystems: RF front-ends, transceivers, filters, amplifiers, antenna feeds, waveguides, and mechanical integration of RF hardware.
• Own RF assembly process development - including impedance-controlled routing, shielding, connectorization, calibration procedures, and integration workflows - to ensure robust, repeatable assembly.
• Manage RF BOM procurement, vendor coordination, RF performance and tolerance analysis, and assembly oversight.
• Drive first-article inspection, RF performance validation, process validation, and manufacturing readiness reviews to support production ramp.

Skills

RF/Microwave Engineering

Impedance-controlled routing

DFX (DFM/DFT/DFR)

Technical documentation & comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

ADS

HFSS

Job description

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a Senior Manufacturing RF DFX Engineer to own end-to-end RF assembly design for the TeraWave satellite system. You will bridge RF/microwave circuit design, antenna integration, and production readiness for high-volume space hardware.

You will drive DFX across design and manufacturing, optimize RF board stackups and transmission lines, and lead reliability and test strategies for orbital-scale operations.