Senior Space Power Electronics Engineer

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin’s TeraWave Spacecraft Bus team seeks a Senior Power Electronics Engineer focused on Power Distribution to own the Dual Voltage Distribution Box (DVDB) from requirements through production release. You will balance space-grade reliability with aggressive cost targets and drive HV/DC architecture, telemetry, and test infrastructure.

You will lead qualification campaigns per MIL-STD-1540/ECSS-E-ST-10-03, define interfaces, and collaborate across thermal, structures, harness, avionics,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years hands-on electronics hardware development experience.
• Power distribution architectures experience including SSPCs, relay switching, overcurrent protection, fault isolation.
• Hardware qualification campaigns per MIL-STD-1540, SMC-S-016, ECSS-E-ST-10-03.
• Radiation-tolerant or radiation-hardened design practices for space environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead circuit design for the DVDB, including SSPCs, relay switching, protection, and fault isolation.
• Define load switch sequencing and fault response in coordination with Fault Management/ C&DH teams.
• Own the DVDB telemetry architecture and health monitoring interfaces.
• Derive DVDB hardware requirements, ICDs, and design specs with systems engineering.
• Drive FMEA/FMECA and elimination of single-point failures.
• Optimize for high-rate manufacturing, DFM/DFT, and unit cost targets.

Skills

Power electronics

Space hardware

MIL-STD-1540

Radiation-hardening

Altium Designer

LTspice

DFM/DFT

Telemetry

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Altium Designer

LTspice

Windchill PLM

Job description

Blue Origin’s TeraWave Spacecraft Bus team seeks a Senior Power Electronics Engineer focused on Power Distribution to own the Dual Voltage Distribution Box (DVDB) from requirements through production release. You will balance space-grade reliability with aggressive cost targets and drive HV/DC architecture, telemetry, and test infrastructure.

You will lead qualification campaigns per MIL-STD-1540/ECSS-E-ST-10-03, define interfaces, and collaborate across thermal, structures, harness, avionics,