RF Engineer III

Avionics Engineer

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.

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!

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the design, modeling, simulation, verification, qualification, and production phases of the product lifecycle
• 5+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration, test, and operation of complex electronics
• Knowledge of telemetry system architectures, including multiplexers, encoders, transmitters, receivers, and ground station equipment
• High-speed digital, analog, and/or mixed-signal circuit design, build, and troubleshooting, with understanding of EE principles
• Some experience in PCB design, layout, fabrication and testing
• Circuit analysis and simulation, such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and logic or P-Spice simulation
• Experience in grounding and general board layout principles, including EMI/EMC tradeoffs
• RF communication testing or subsystem/component design, with a strong background in RF principles
• Experience with telemetry data acquisition systems design and optimization for high-reliability aerospace applications
• Background developing circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products
• Knowledge of modeling and simulation tools such as ANSYS HFSS, AWR-Microwave Office (of Keysight ADS), Altium designer, and python scripting
• Very good documentation skills

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or related subject areas.
• 10+ years of proven experience in design, development, integration and test of complex RF Systems
• Familiarity with aerospace telemetry standards including IRIG 106, CCSDS, and spectrum management requirements
• Knowledge of SDR architectures and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms
• Background with launch vehicle hardware development, integration, or test
• Experience with RF link budget analysis and optimization for space-to-ground communications
• Good understanding of antenna principles and design
• Demonstrated project management skills, including schedule development, resource allocation, and risk management

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $ - $

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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