Spacecraft EEE Parts Engineer for Satellites & Payloads

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel: Up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an experienced EEE Parts Engineer for Satellite and Payloads to be the program authority on EEE part selection and application across spacecraft and payloads. You will establish risk-based parts management, qualify new technologies and suppliers, and prevent part-related failures and supply disruptions.

Responsibilities include leading part-application reviews, coordinating with Radiation and Reliability Engineering, and driving standardization and surveillance strategies with

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: B.S. in electrical engineering, materials engineering, physics, chemistry, reliability engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in EEE parts engineering, component engineering, avionics hardware, product assurance, semiconductor reliability, or electronics manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of semiconductor, passive, connector, relay, magnetics, optoelectronic, and/or electromechanical part technologies and common failure mechanisms.
• Experience reviewing BOMs, manufacturer data, qualification reports, part changes, derating, screening, traceability, or part approval documentation.
• Ability to evaluate risk-based use of commercial components in a high-reliability application and document an auditable technical rationale.
• Ability to collaborate with design, radiation, reliability, M&P, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and suppliers.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute the TeraWave EEE Parts Management Plan and approved-parts strategy, tailored to mission criticality, application, environment, production rate, and acceptable program risk.
• Review and approve EEE parts for all TeraWave satellite and payload applications, including avionics, EPS, RF, optical, propulsion, GNC, thermal control, mechanisms, sensors, and harness assemblies across development, qualification, and flight configurations.
• Establish selection, qualification, screening, derating, upscreening, traceability, storage, handling, date-code, lot-control, and change-notification requirements.
• Evaluate commercial, industrial, automotive, military, and space-grade parts using manufacturer data, process maturity, qualification pedigree, construction analysis, failure history, radiation evidence, and application conditions.
• Maintain a configuration-controlled approved-parts list and part-approval workflow linked to product BOMs, drawing releases, deviations/waivers, risk records, and supplier changes.
• Lead part-application reviews covering voltage/current/power/temperature derating, transient stress, surge/inrush, switching frequency, thermal margins, mechanical stress, solderability, packaging, mounting, and life limitations.
• Coordinate with Radiation Engineering on TID, DDD, SEE, lot-specific evidence, and radiation testing; ensure radiation dispositions are inseparable from the part approval.
• Coordinate with Reliability Engineering on failure rates, failure mechanisms, FMEA criticality, life models, and part-level inputs to reliability predictions.
• Coordinate with M&P, PCB/CCA, harness, and manufacturing teams on prohibited/restricted materials, tin whisker risk, red plague, lead-free controls, counterfeit avoidance, moisture sensitivity, cleanliness, and workmanship.
• Define and oversee destructive physical analysis, construction analysis, qualification, screening, lot acceptance, burn-in, life, and failure-analysis activities as required.
• Assess obsolescence, allocation, sole-source, counterfeit, end-of-life, and product-change-notification risk; develop second-source, lifetime-buy, redesign, and surveillance strategies with Supply Chain.
• Drive part standardization and reuse across LRUs and payloads to reduce unique part count, qualification burden, procurement complexity, and recurring cost.
• Support supplier audits, source selection, technical interchange meetings, failure investigations, MRB, nonconformance dispositions, and corrective actions.
• Create dashboards and metrics for BOM approval status, radiation evidence, lifecycle health, exceptions, screening/test status, and supply risk using PLM and enterprise data sources.

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering, materials engineering, physics, chemistry, reliability engineering, or a related technical field

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an experienced EEE Parts Engineer for Satellite and Payloads to be the program authority on EEE part selection and application across spacecraft and payloads. You will establish risk-based parts management, qualify new technologies and suppliers, and prevent part-related failures and supply disruptions.

Responsibilities include leading part-application reviews, coordinating with Radiation and Reliability Engineering, and driving standardization and surveillance strategies with