Senior RF Hardware Manager — Lunar Mission

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Sr. Manager in Core Components to lead the RF hardware design, integration, and delivery for lunar missions.

You will act as a technical authority across SDRs, sensors, FPGA design, embedded software, or signal processing, while mentoring a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic development environment. You will own technical baselines, drive architecture, manage sub-system life cycles, and ensure compliance with EMI/EMC, PCB/PCBAs, and manufacturability goals, collaborating

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field
• 8+ years relevant RF hardware full life cycle development experience
• Proven RF communications expertise including design, verification, and system safety
• Experience with tools such as AWR, HFSS, Altium
• Familiarity with DVB-S2, CCSDS, RS-422, Spacewire, I2C, and space-rated hardware/software
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams with staffing, budgeting, and scheduling
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for RF hardware and subsystems across lunar missions
• Own and guide the lifecycle from concept to verification and validation
• Lead anomaly investigations, risk mitigation, and V&V activities
• Manage project schedule, cost baselines, procurement, and dependencies
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers and act as primary technical spokesperson

Skills

RF hardware

RF communications

FPGA design

embedded software

signal processing

team leadership

budgeting

scheduling

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AWR

HFSS

Altium

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Sr. Manager in Core Components to lead the RF hardware design, integration, and delivery for lunar missions.

You will act as a technical authority across SDRs, sensors, FPGA design, embedded software, or signal processing, while mentoring a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic development environment. You will own technical baselines, drive architecture, manage sub-system life cycles, and ensure compliance with EMI/EMC, PCB/PCBAs, and manufacturability goals, collaborating