Specialized Roles:
Sr. Power Electronics Engineer - BNS Core Systems and Components
Job in
Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 80161, USA
Listing for:
Blue Origin Personnel, LLC
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-04
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineer, Test Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Architect, design, and deliver end-to-end electrical power systems for Core Systems and Components, Space Mobility avionics, including power generation, energy storage, power distribution, regulation, and fault protection
- Define and own the EPS bus architecture including primary bus topology, voltage domain selection, fault isolation strategy, and power sequencing across vehicle modes and mission phases
- Design power electronics circuits including solar array regulators, battery charge/discharge controllers, DC/DC converters, LDOs, hot-swap controllers, and pyrotechnic firing circuits for flight applications
- Develop power budgets across mission phases and drive power allocation trades with systems engineering and subsystem owners
- Decompose and allocate system-level EPS requirements into subcircuit and module-level requirements across interconnected, integrated electronic assemblies
- Lead design for derating, WCCA, tolerance analysis, and thermal analysis across your EPS hardware scope
- Define grounding, bonding, and shielding architecture to meet EMI/EMC requirements at the system level
- Guide PCB physical design including power plane strategy, high-current routing, thermal management, and DfX requirements for flight hardware
- Lead requirements analysis and architecture definition for EPS subsystems, ensuring complete traceability from vehicle-level requirements through circuit-level implementation
- Author and own hardware requirements documents, interface control documents (ICDs), design specifications, and architecture trade study documentation
- Independently determine methods and procedures for new EPS design assignments and establish them as standards for the team
- Prepare and chair technical design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) for EPS hardware, including driving closure of all findings and action items
- Lead the development of hardware verification and validation plans with full requirements traceability for your EPS scope
- Own environmental qualification and acceptance test strategies for power system hardware
- Lead anomaly investigations and root cause analyses for complex EPS failures, and own the development and implementation of recovery plans
- Apply advanced technical judgment to evaluate and disposition test anomalies, driving the corrective action process through design resolution
- Own schedule, budget, and technical milestones for your EPS hardware scope; hold program-level technical approval authority for your deliverables
- Lead projects and significant tool development initiatives; own process improvements that increase design efficiency and reduce errors across the EPS discipline
- Provide significant support to strategic initiatives including technology road mapping, EPS architecture maturation, and documentation of best practices at the business and functional level
- Lead, mentor, and train engineers at multiple levels on EPS design, analysis techniques, verification methods, and hardware release criteria
- Review the technical work of others with the ability to detect subtle design flaws and provide actionable, substantive improvements
- Develop processes and standards that improve the efficiency and quality of EPS design and verification across the team
- Build strong working relationships with systems engineering, mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams to resolve cross-discipline technical challenges
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
- 8+ years of experience designing and delivering electrical power systems hardware through the full development lifecycle —…
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