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Senior Electrical Engineer - Circuit Design - TeraWave Verified today

Blue Origin · 4 Locations · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-12
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About the role

Blue Origin is developing TeraWave, a satellite communications network with optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO), delivering symmetrical data speeds up to 6 Tbps worldwide.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer on the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team, you will own end-to-end product development for space-rated avionics components. You will drive requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical review from concept through formal qualification and verification, including integration and flight support.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end product development for a space-rated component
  • Provide leadership as a member of a cross-disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment
  • Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission-critical avionics
  • Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and design architecture
  • Collaborate with the electrical engineering team on PCB interconnect systems, signal integrity, and power integrity analyses
  • Lead design trade studies
  • Design avionics solutions for performance and high reliability in harsh environments
  • Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents
  • Plan and conduct engineering tests and data reviews
  • Create and deliver presentations, proposals, and training material on technical subjects
  • Review assembly instructions and support hardware builds
  • Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, and inspection
  • Support Production and Quality Engineering, including dispositioning material defects
  • Manage product design configuration revisions through the product lifecycle
  • Mentor and train junior engineers
  • Review and approve designs and documentation created by other team members

Minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
  • 7 or more years of hands-on experience designing ruggedized electronic components or high-performance, high-reliability hardware
  • End-to-end product development experience for a space-rated component, from requirements definition through qualification and production release
  • Demonstrated experience designing hardware for radiation environments, including EEE parts selection and qualification for space applications
  • Experience integrating complex optoelectronic and electromechanical components into flight hardware assemblies
  • Strong digital design experience, including FPGAs, CMOS sensors, and DDR memory
  • Hands-on PCB design experience using Altium Designer, including multi-laminate stack-ups, impedance-controlled nets, FPGA integration, and EMI/EMC mitigation strategies for flight hardware
  • 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

Preferred qualifications

  • Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
  • Experience leading complex spaceflight avionics programs, including hardware, firmware, and software integration
  • Experience performing worst-case circuit analysis, circuit FEA, and FMEA/FMECA for high-reliability applications
  • Background in fault detection, redundancy strategies, and system-level reliability modeling
  • Proficiency with scripting, programming, and analysis tools including Python, C, C++, MATLAB, and Linux/Windows shell scripting
  • Experience managing and mentoring engineering teams, including performance development, technical guidance, and cross-functional coordination
  • Ability to work independently and drive progress on rapid development programs with aggressive schedules

Compensation and benefits

Base pay range (varies by location):

  • CA: $156,802-$219,522
  • CO: $144,179-$201,850
  • WA: $156,802-$219,522

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with up to 5% company match, Education Support Program, and stock options for regular employees. Paid time off up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays. Bonus eligibility dependent on role and job level.

US person requirement

Applicants 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.