Space-Grade Lead: Power Electronics & PCB Design Engineer

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

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Lead Power Electronics and PCB Design Engineer to head PMAD electronics design for the TeraWave program. You will guide a team through architecture, verification, and production readiness, balancing performance with mass and cost constraints.

You will own board architecture, drive DFM/DFT, and collaborate with fabricators to ensure manufacturability at scale, supporting qualification and flight readiness activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace or related field.
• 8+ years electronics hardware development experience including leadership.
• Experience with high-power PCB layouts and HV switching.
• Familiarity with IPC standards and DFM/DFT practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of PCB and circuit design engineers for PMAD electronics.
• Own board architecture decisions including power distribution and signal routing.
• Drive cost/mass reduction trades and manufacturability improvements.
• Lead electronics requirements, design, verification, and test across PMAD.
• Collaborate with suppliers, packaging, and fabrication for DFM/DFT compliance.
• Support board bring-up, debugging, and flight qualification activities.
• Produce fabrication docs, BOMs, and assembly drawings.

Skills

Team leadership

Power electronics hardware development

PCB layout (high-power)

Altium Designer / Cadence Allegro

DFM/DFT IPC standards

Schematic review

EMC/EMI knowledge

Cost/mass optimization

US citizenship / residency eligibility

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

HyperLynx

Ansys SIwave

Cadence Sigrity

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Lead Power Electronics and PCB Design Engineer to head PMAD electronics design for the TeraWave program. You will guide a team through architecture, verification, and production readiness, balancing performance with mass and cost constraints.

You will own board architecture, drive DFM/DFT, and collaborate with fabricators to ensure manufacturability at scale, supporting qualification and flight readiness activities.