Blue Origin · 16 hours ago
Electrical Power System Responsible Engineer II (Solar)
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$107K/yr - $150K/yr
8+ years expBlue Origin is a company dedicated to developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. They are seeking an Electrical Power System Responsible Engineer II with strong spacecraft design experience, particularly in solar arrays, to drive future In-Space Systems products and services by developing spacecraft hardware and architectures.
National DefenseAerospaceManufacturingRenewable EnergyNational Security
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop the conceptual electrical power subsystem architecture, including sizing of solar arrays, and designs for future Blue Origin spacecraft
Take high level mission architectures and spacecraft bus concepts and derive the ideal EPS architecture for those concepts
Perform EPS sizing and Energy Balance Analysis (EBA), voltage drop, bus stability, developing power budgets, and other common EPS analyses
Qualification
Required
Minimum of a B.S. in an electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or related engineering discipline
A minimum of 3 years of advanced spacecraft EPS subsystem design including solar arrays, architecture, and development experience
Demonstrated experience with spacecraft EPS architectures and designs that operate in earth centered-orbital regimes from Earth orbiting (LEO to GEO) and deep space
Experience with space grade III-V multijunction and silicon solar cells including understanding of performance, testing, and manufacturing of Standard Power Modules (SPMs)
Expertise with EPS components such as PMAD, batteries, solar arrays, wire harnessing, Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADAs)
Expertise with EPS analysis such as Energy Balance Analysis (EBA), EPS sizing, voltage drop analysis, bus stability analysis, transient analysis
Experience developing and maintaining EPS power budgets
Experience with high voltage and dual-voltage power busses is desired
Highly organized with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills
Proven track record to operate with cohesive and effective teams and drive rapid decision making within those teams
Experience with development in mission and safety-critical environments
Experience with Design for Manufacturing & Cost
Ability to travel and/or temporary duty in support of growing tempos of production and operations
Top Secret security clearance eligibility is desired
Benefits
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%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
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