Sr. Avionics RF Engineer

Application close date: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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Senior Electrical Engineer - RF Avionics

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

This position is in Blue Origin’s exciting New Glenn program. As part of a robust Avionics team, you will design, develop, and verify high-performance radio frequency (RF) systems, radios and antennas for the New Glenn flight vehicle. You will engage and own efforts to develop robust RF systems that ensure reliable data transmission during all mission phases, from pre-launch testing through orbital operations. You will be integrated with our RF team and technical leads to drive requirements definition, modeling, analysis, design, test and production release of on-vehicle RF systems. In addition, you will follow avionics designs through formal verification, environmental qualification, release, and participate in flight support activities.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact our mission of Millions of People Living and Working in Space for the Benefit of Earth. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Your responsibilities as an RF Senior Electrical Engineer will go beyond the technical aspects of the position. You will be responsible for developing low-cost next-generation radios for our future launch vehicles. You will mentor and coach other avionics engineers within the RF team and have ownership of design modification/implementation of team standards, processes, and plans.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field

• 10+ years of proven experience in the RF design of complex aerospace/space hardware

• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the design, verification, qualification, and production phases of the electronic product lifecycle

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our culture of inclusion.

• Working experience with software defined radio (SDR) implementations of radio transceivers

• Hands-on experience with RF testing equipment (Vector Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, signal generators, etc)

• Working experience with RF PCB design, layout, verification, fabrication and testing.

In addition to the general qualifications above, an RF Senior Electrical Engineer will have expertise in several of the following areas:

• RF communication subsystem and/or component design, with a strong background in RF principles; specific focus on L-band, S-band and Ka-band.

• Perform detail hardware designs for radio systems include software-defined radios, RF

front-ends, and antennas.

• Coordinate with test engineers to design and implement performance and environmental testing for acceptance and qualification of radio hardware.

• Ability to work with multi-functional teams such as mechanical, ground, and operations to partner for the best design implementation solutions.

• Collaboration with manufacturing engineers to create and approve assembly drawings.

• Partnership with production engineering to develop and support sustaining engineering plans and procedures.

• Development, implementation, and ownership of test procedures, as well as planning and execution for all phases (development, acceptance, and qualification).

• Experience in grounding and general board layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or related subject areas.

• 15+ years proven experience in RF design, development, integration, test, and operation of avionics systems or vehicles.

• Background with launch vehicle hardware development, integration, and test.

Base Pay Range for:

CO applicants is $173,466.00 - $242,851.35 WA applicants is $183,193.00 - $256,469.85

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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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.

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