Senior Space Power Electronics Engineer – RF Payloads

Blue Origin; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Educational support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Electrical Power Engineer to join the TeraWave team. You will architect, design, analyze and verify electrical power subsystems for satellite payloads, delivering flight-qualified power electronics that meet stringent performance, mass, reliability and environmental requirements.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver robust power systems and lead verification activities, design reviews and production test plans, while maintaining

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in electrical power electronics design.
• Experience designing isolated DC-DC converters at the 1 kW / 120 VDC level.
• Experience designing sub-1V point-of-load converters for high-performance digital systems.
• Direct experience designing power electronics for space hardware applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and qualification of isolated DC-DC power conversion systems up to 1 kW.
• Develop and characterize sub-1V POL converters with tight regulation tolerances.
• Develop and maintain power system architectures for satellite applications.
• Perform comprehensive design verification analyses (WCA, derating, stability, DFMEA).
• Support PCB layout reviews and power plane management.
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, systems, optics, and RF teams to integrate hardware.

Skills

Power electronics

Space hardware

Power system architecture

Verification & analysis

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Altium Designer

LTspice

SIMetrix

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Electrical Power Engineer to join the TeraWave team. You will architect, design, analyze and verify electrical power subsystems for satellite payloads, delivering flight-qualified power electronics that meet stringent performance, mass, reliability and environmental requirements.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver robust power systems and lead verification activities, design reviews and production test plans, while maintaining