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Senior Electrical Engineer - Power Electronics & PCB Design - TeraWave Verified today

Blue Origin · 3 Locations · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-03
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About TeraWave

Blue Origin is developing TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network delivering symmetrical data speeds up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth. This multi-orbit constellation consists of optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO).

The Role

You will lead the TeraWave Spacecraft Bus Electrical Power Subsystem team as Lead Power Electronics and PCB Design Engineer. This is a dual technical leadership and hands-on role: you will set technical direction, manage design trades, guide your team through schematic review and layout, and drive production readiness. You will own board architecture decisions, drive design for manufacturability, and work directly with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers. Every decision multiplies across thousands of constellation units.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of PCB and circuit design engineers on Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) electronics design, optimization, and production readiness
  • Own board architecture decisions for power distribution, connector strategy, signal routing, current path design, protection interfaces, serviceability, and manufacturability
  • Drive cost and mass reduction trades, architecture simplification, modularity, part count reduction, and recurring manufacturing cost improvements
  • Lead electronics requirements definition, architecture trades, detailed design development, design verification, and test
  • Design multi-layer PCBs for complex digital, mixed-signal, and high-voltage/high-power systems with attention to EMC, creepage and clearance, signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management
  • Conduct power integrity analysis and design power distribution networks (PDN) for low-noise, high-current applications
  • Work with mechanical packaging and harness teams to ensure scalability, integration, and manufacturability
  • Collaborate with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers on fabrication and assembly issues; ensure DFM compliance
  • Work with supply chain to ensure component and material availability for production rate
  • Support board bring-up, hardware debugging, and anomaly resolution during development, qualification, and integration
  • Follow designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, and production release; support integration and flight acceptance
  • Generate and maintain complete fabrication and assembly documentation including Gerber files, drill files, assembly drawings, and BOMs in the configuration management system

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Materials Science Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field
  • 8 or more years of electronics hardware development experience, including demonstrated team leadership spanning technical guidance, performance development, and cross-functional coordination
  • Proficiency with PCB design tools: Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or equivalent; hands-on layout experience for mixed-signal and high-power designs
  • Demonstrated experience in power electronics hardware development, including high-voltage switching, power regulation, and PCB layout with creepage, clearance, and thermal management
  • Hands-on circuit design experience in analog, digital, or mixed-signal domains: analysis, simulation, component selection, and troubleshooting of power supplies, ADCs, DACs, op amps, processors, and MOSFETs
  • Working knowledge of DFM, DFT principles, and IPC standards (IPC-2221, IPC-6012, IPC-A-610 or equivalent) applied in a production context
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum (required for access to export-controlled technical data)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing electronics for space or aerospace environments: vacuum, thermal cycling, radiation tolerance, and vibration
  • Experience with power integrity analysis tools such as HyperLynx, Ansys SIwave, or Cadence Sigrity
  • Experience performing worst-case circuit analysis, FMEA/FMECA, and reliability analysis for high-reliability applications
  • Knowledge of signal integrity, grounding, and EMI/EMC best practices for high-power and mixed-signal PCB designs
  • Knowledge of communication protocols: RS-422, I2C, SPI, LVDS, Ethernet, or CAN
  • Knowledge of conformal coating, potting, and space-qualification surface treatment techniques
  • Familiarity with MIL-STD or NASA standards for electronics design and PCB fabrication
  • Background in fault detection, redundancy strategies, and system-level reliability design
  • Experience with Windchill PLM or equivalent configuration management system
  • Strong written and verbal technical communication skills; ability to author specifications, analysis reports, and design documentation independently

Compensation

Base pay range varies by location:

  • CA applicants: $156,802.00 - $219,522.45
  • CO applicants: $144,179.00 - $201,849.90
  • WA applicants: $156,802.00 - $219,522.45
  • Other site ranges may differ

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with company match up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Stock Options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
  • Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
  • Eligibility for bonuses based on role type and job level at company's sole discretion