Senior Spacecraft Communications Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; Washington; On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a senior communications systems engineer to lead the design of the MK-1 lunar lander communications subsystem. You will decompose requirements, support ConOps, and coordinate with tests and other teams to ensure safe, repeatable spaceflight.

Applicants should have a strong background in RF hardware, link budgets, modulation, and radiation effects, with extensive spacecraft experience and systems engineering practice.

Qualifications

• Required minimum of a B.S. degree in electrical engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in communication systems or RF testing.
• Working knowledge of RF components (SSPA, LNAs, transceivers, antennas, filters).
• Strong fundamentals in digital modulation and coding.
• Experience delivering comms systems for spacecraft applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop communication system design for in-space architectures.
• Allocate and decompose higher level functions to subsystems.
• Support system engineering practices across projects.
• Manage requirements, changes, and verification activities.
• Coordinate with Integration & Test teams for facility capabilities.
• Mentor early career systems engineers.

Skills

RF testing

Communication systems

Digital modulation

Spacecraft communications

Interfaces (RS-422, Ethernet, SpaceW.

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

HFSS

STK

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a senior communications systems engineer to lead the design of the MK-1 lunar lander communications subsystem. You will decompose requirements, support ConOps, and coordinate with tests and other teams to ensure safe, repeatable spaceflight.

Applicants should have a strong background in RF hardware, link budgets, modulation, and radiation effects, with extensive spacecraft experience and systems engineering practice.