Solar Array Responsible Engineer-Project Sunrise

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

Join Blue Origin as we build infrastructure in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re developing a satellite constellation of orbital data centers, Sunrise, designed to transform how compute infrastructure is deployed and leveraged.

Job Summary: As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will serve as the box Responsible Engineer (RE) for our Power Regulator products supporting Project Sunrise. Our Power Regulator product line regulates power provided by our solar array, regulates power to and from our batteries, and converts power from our High Voltage DC (HVDC) bus down to low voltage DC power for our compute hardware.

You will own the Power Regulator as an integrated product, leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers across custom ASIC design, circuit design, electromagnetic design, board layout, thermal management, mechanical design, firmware development, manufacturing, and test. You will be the technical integrator and single point of accountability for the box from requirements definition through design, qualification, flight, and standing up a production line that initially produces megawatt-scale quantities of power regulators annually while quickly scaling to the gigawatt scale. You will also have programmatic ownership of the Power Regulator and be expected to deliver the product on time and cost-competitive with its terrestrial equivalent.

Sunrise will be produced at constellation scale, which means your design decisions directly impact manufacturing yield, unit cost, test throughput, and schedule. This is not a flagship mission environment where schedule is measured in years and cost is secondary. You will be expected to balance rigorous space-grade reliability with aggressive cost and manufacturability targets, and to deliver a product that is cost-competitive with its terrestrial equivalent.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the single-threaded owner and Responsible Engineer (RE) for the Power Regulator product, leading a multidisciplinary team and owning the product architecture, requirements, interfaces, and budgets from concept through production.
• Lead the hands-on technical design and analysis of high-voltage, high-frequency switching power converters, including topology selection, component sizing (semiconductors, magnetics), control strategy, schematic design, and detailed electrical, thermal, and reliability analyses (WCA, FMEA).
• Own the complete hardware verification and qualification strategy, from developing test plans for prototype and flight hardware to leading anomaly investigations and ensuring the product is fully validated for the space environment.
• Drive the product's transition to high-rate manufacturing, championing Design for Manufacturability/Test (DFM/DFT), defining automated test requirements, and collaborating with production teams to achieve aggressive cost and schedule targets.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching power converters (DC/DC, DC/AC, or battery charge/discharge regulators).
• Experience as a box, assembly, or product-level Responsible Engineer (or equivalent technical lead role) with accountability for an integrated multi-card unit through integration and test.
• Design experience with high-voltage power electronics above 100V, including bus architecture, protection circuits, and PCB layout with explicit consideration for creepage, clearance, and thermal management.
• Experience selecting and sizing power semiconductors (Si, SiC, and/or GaN), gate drivers, and magnetics.
• Proficiency in performing and documenting power electronics analyses, including worst-case analysis, derating, stability, power dissipation, transient response, and reliability.
• Hands-on experience leading or substantially contributing to a hardware qualification campaign, including test plan development and anomaly resolution.
• End-to-end product development experience, from requirements definition through qualification and production release.
• Familiarity or fluency with AI tools and their application for design optimization, analysis, or requirements management.
• 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, with a focus on power electronics, or a related technical field.
• Space Power Systems Expertise: Experience with solar array regulation, battery charge/discharge systems, and radiation-tolerant design practices.
• Advanced Power Conversion Expertise: Deep experience with high-frequency, wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) converters, advanced topologies (e.g., resonant, isolated), and high-frequency magnetics design.
• Digital Control Experience: Familiarity with digital control of power converters using FPGAs, microcontrollers, or custom ASICs.
• Design for Production Experience: A background in high-volume industries (e.g., automotive, data center) with a focus on DFM/DFT, production test, and yield improvement.
• Tools Proficiency: Expertise with modern design and simulation tools such as Altium Designer, LTspice/PLECS, and Python.

Base Pay Range for:

CO applicants is $144,179.00 - $201,849.90
WA applicants is $156,802.00 - $219,522.45

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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