Senior RF Systems Engineer – Spaceflight Avionics

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Blue Origin, based in Seattle, WA, seeks an experienced RF avionics engineer to design, develop, verify high‑performance RF systems for the New Glenn program. You will contribute from requirements and modeling through testing, qualification, and production release, collaborating with a cross‑functional avionics team.

The role emphasizes hands‑on design, simulation, and integration across the product lifecycle, with strong emphasis on reliability, safety, and mission readiness in aerospace

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Desire to work hands-on throughout the product lifecycle from design to production.
• 5+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration, test, and operation of complex electronics.
• Knowledge of telemetry system architectures, including multiplexers, encoders, transmitters, receivers, and ground station equipment.
• High-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting.
• Some experience in PCB design, layout, fabrication and testing.
• Circuit analysis and simulation, such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and P-Spice simulation.
• Experience in grounding and general board layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs.
• RF communication testing or subsystem/component design, with a strong background in RF principles.
• Experience with telemetry data acquisition systems design and optimization for high-reliability aerospace applications.
• Background developing circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products.
• Knowledge of modeling and simulation tools such as ANSYS HFSS, AWR-Microwave Office (of Keysight ADS), Altium designer, and python scripting.
• Very good documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, verify RF systems for the New Glenn flight vehicle.
• Engage and own requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle RF systems.
• Follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release, and flight support activities.

Skills

RF design

Telemetry systems

High-speed circuits

PCB design

Grounding/EMI

RF testing

Python scripting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ANSYS HFSS

AWR-Microwave Office

Altium Designer

Job description

Blue Origin, based in Seattle, WA, seeks an experienced RF avionics engineer to design, develop, verify high‑performance RF systems for the New Glenn program. You will contribute from requirements and modeling through testing, qualification, and production release, collaborating with a cross‑functional avionics team.

The role emphasizes hands‑on design, simulation, and integration across the product lifecycle, with strong emphasis on reliability, safety, and mission readiness in aerospace