Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer III

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 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.

Blue Origin is seeking a skilled and experienced Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer to join our elite team of experts on the Engineering Center of Excellence Electromagnetics team. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of space exploration by ensuring top-level Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), lightning, and Radio Frequency (RF) integration and architecture for our advanced electrical and electronic systems.

Your expertise will be crucial in executing rigorous EMI/EMC testing, and developing robust verification strategies to ensure safe and repeatable spaceflight of our cutting-edge aerospace systems.

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 5% of the time
• Interviews will include a technical assessment

• Serve as a responsible engineer for electrical system EMI/EMC test and verification, ensuring rigorous compliance with industry standards, customer requirements, and internal guidelines, with particular emphasis on MIL-STD-461G applicability and tailoring for aerospace platforms
• Author comprehensive EMI/EMC documentation, including system test strategies, requirements decomposition, margin management plans, and design rationales, with explicit traceability to MIL-STD-461 test method requirements and limit applicability matrices
• Design, develop, and refine detailed Test Plans and Test Procedures for executing EMI/EMC tests on a wide array of avionics components and systems
• Lead execution of the complete MIL-STD-461 test suite including:
  • CE101 — Conducted Emissions, power leads, 30 Hz to 10 kHz
  • CE102 — Conducted Emissions, power leads, 10 kHz to 10 MHz
  • CS101 — Conducted Susceptibility, power leads, 30 Hz to 150 kHz
  • CS114 — Conducted Susceptibility, bulk current injection (BCI), 10 kHz to 200 MHz
  • CS115 — Conducted Susceptibility, bulk current injection, impulse excitation
  • CS116 — Conducted Susceptibility, damped sinusoid transients, 10 kHz to 100 MHz
  • RE101 — Radiated Emissions, magnetic field, 30 Hz to 100 kHz
  • RE102 — Radiated Emissions, electric field, 10 kHz to 18 GHz
  • RS101 — Radiated Susceptibility, magnetic field, 30 Hz to 100 kHz
  • RS103 — Radiated Susceptibility, electric field, 10 kHz to 40 GHz
• Operate, calibrate, and maintain sophisticated EMI/EMC test equipment including EMI receivers, signal generators, broadband power amplifiers, LISNs, current injection probes, calibrated antennas, near-field magnetic probes, and associated test fixtures
• Apply knowledge of shielded room characterization, ground plane bonding techniques, and cable harness dressing in accordance with MIL-STD-461 test setup requirements
• Produce high-quality, technically rigorous test reports demonstrating EMI/EMC standard compliance, including full spectral data plots, tabulated margin results, equipment configuration photographs, calibration traceability records, test anomaly dispositions, and formal pass/fail determinations
• Troubleshoot EMI/EMC test failures and anomalies, identifying root causes and recommending effective corrective actions such as filter insertion, common-mode choke placement, shielded enclosure improvements, PCB-level layout modifications, and cable shielding enhancements

• Develop innovative design solutions to address integrated system trades for EMI/EMC, lightning, ESD, and RF challenges
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