Senior Space Power Electronics Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Paid time off and holidays

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an experienced avionics hardware engineer to own the design and development of boards and assemblies for spaceflight systems. You will shepherd analog, digital and mixed-signal hardware through concept, requirements, verification and release to production.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in high-power electronics, DC-DC converters, Si/GaN/SiC devices, and collaboration across teams to enable mission assurance and safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5+ years in electronics hardware development.
• Experience selecting power-stage topologies and control schemes for DC-DC converters.
• Hands-on experience with high power/high voltage DC-DC power converters and protection.
• Proficient in circuit simulation tools LTspice, PSpice, SIMetrix for analysis and verification.
• Hands-on with analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design, testing, and layout.
• Experience with Si, GaN and SiC devices.
• Strong technical communication skills, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Develop avionics hardware (boards and assemblies) across lifecycle from concept to production.
• Design analog and digital boards interfacing with avionics systems (power electronics, compute, sensors).
• Support architecture trades studies, performance characterization, and roadmap direction.
• Participate in risk analyses, DFx, root-cause analysis, and test discrepancy resolution.
• Contribute to technology development, mission assurance, and process improvements.

Skills

Electronics hardware development

Power electronics design

DC-DC converters

Circuit simulation LTspice

Analog/digital/mixed-signal design

Board layout and signal integrity

Experience with Si, GaN, SiC

Technical communication

Education

B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field

Graduate degree with 10+ years in hardware development

Tools

LTspice

PSpice

SIMetrix

Altium

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an experienced avionics hardware engineer to own the design and development of boards and assemblies for spaceflight systems. You will shepherd analog, digital and mixed-signal hardware through concept, requirements, verification and release to production.

Ideal candidates have a strong background in high-power electronics, DC-DC converters, Si/GaN/SiC devices, and collaboration across teams to enable mission assurance and safety initiatives.