Senior Space Power Electronics Engineer - Lead EPS

Blue Origin

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 144,000 - 202,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to architect, design, and deliver electrical power components for Blue Ring and related systems. You will own the EPS bus architecture, lead hardware reviews, and guide cross‑discipline teams across mission phases and fault protection strategies.

Responsibilities include system-level power budgeting, PCB design guidance, and ensuring EMI/EMC compliance for flight hardware.

Qualifications

B.S. in Electrical Engineering required.
8+ years designing and delivering electrical power systems hardware.
Experience in spacecraft/high-reliability EPS hardware.
Deep understanding of power electronics design including DC/DC converters, battery management, and fault protection.
Experience with derating, WCCA, tolerance, and thermal analyses for flight hardware.
Grounding, bonding, shielding architecture for EMI/EMC.
Leading design reviews (PDR/CDR) and documentation ownership.
Root cause analyses and anomaly investigations with recovery planning.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and deliver end-to-end electrical power systems for Core Systems and Space Mobility avionics.
Define and own the EPS bus architecture including topology, fault isolation, and power sequencing.
Design power electronics circuits including solar array regulators, battery charge/discharge controllers, DC/DC converters, LDOs, hot-swap controllers, and firing circuits for flight.
Develop power budgets across mission phases and drive power allocation trades with systems engineering.
Decompose and allocate system-level EPS requirements to subcircuits and modules.
Lead design for derating, WCCA, tolerance analysis, and thermal analysis for flight hardware.
Define grounding, bonding, and shielding to meet EMI/EMC at system level.
Guide PCB design including power plane strategy, high-current routing, thermal management, and DfX for flight hardware.