Senior RF Systems Engineer - Space Communications

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a systems engineering professional to develop and execute RF hardware processes for spaceflight hardware, including software-defined radios, antennas, and RF amplifiers. You will ensure end-to-end safety and performance compliance for RF systems across development cycles.

Responsibilities include managing requirements, V&V planning, ICDs, and gated review artifacts, with emphasis on safety analyses and cross-team coordination to enable reliable, mission-ready hardware.

Qualifications

• Passion for getting people into space and back again safely.
• B.S. degree or higher in an applicable field (electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, etc.).
• Experience working with RF hardware, particularly software-defined radios, antennas, and RF amplifiers.
• Experience working on RF communications systems or RADAR systems.
• Typically 5+ years of related experience.
• Ability to interpret high-level system requirements to practical designs.
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices (requirements development; verification; risk management).
• Experience with requirements management software (JAMA preferred).
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of system and lower-level requirements for RF hardware.
• Support verification and validation planning for RF hardware and related activities.
• Support development and maintenance of interface control documents for RF hardware.
• Coordinate artifacts for gated reviews (PDR and CDR).
• Support development of system safety artifacts (FHAs, FTAs, FMECAs).
• Coordinate reliability analysis for RF hardware.
• Coordinate with test teams to ensure facilities meet requirements.

Skills

RF hardware experience

Software-defined radios

RF antennas

System requirements interpretation

Excellent communication

Compliance and safety focus

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

JAMA

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a systems engineering professional to develop and execute RF hardware processes for spaceflight hardware, including software-defined radios, antennas, and RF amplifiers. You will ensure end-to-end safety and performance compliance for RF systems across development cycles.

Responsibilities include managing requirements, V&V planning, ICDs, and gated review artifacts, with emphasis on safety analyses and cross-team coordination to enable reliable, mission-ready hardware.