Jobs at Blue Origin

Develop routing, topology management, fast reroute, SDN control planes, self-healing network logic, observability, and packet-forwarding solutions for TeraWave’s multi-orbit satellite communications network. Collaborate with principal engineers and RF and Silicon teams on traffic management, resilience, mobility, latency, and throughput. Mentor junior engineers and support mission-critical production systems.

Leads mechanical design and packaging for phased-array antenna structures and RF payload hardware. Responsibilities include thermal management, structural and thermal analysis, tolerance stack-ups, architecture trade studies, supplier and manufacturing partner coordination, and cross-functional integration with electrical and RF teams. The role provides technical leadership across programs and mentors junior engineers while ensuring producibility and reliability of space-qualified hardware.

Lead a team designing and productionizing PMAD power electronics and multilayer PCBs for TeraWave satellites. Own board architecture, power and signal integrity, high-voltage design, DFM/DFT, cost and mass optimization, verification, qualification, debugging, and production release. Collaborate with mechanical, harness, supply chain, fabricators, and contract manufacturers to deliver scalable, reliable electronics. Maintain fabrication and assembly documentation and support integration and flight acceptance activities.

Lead end-to-end technical program execution for RFIC and mmWave front-end integrated circuits supporting TeraWave phased-array satellite communications. Manage requirements, architecture, tapeout, silicon bring-up, qualification, production transition, schedules, risks, dependencies, suppliers, foundries, IP providers, OSATs, and cross-functional engineering teams. Ensure alignment with system requirements, cost targets, quality standards, and production objectives.

Leads end-to-end development and production programs for advanced satellite communications systems and silicon products. Coordinates multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, vendors, and external partners. Manages schedules, dependencies, risks, technical reviews, prototype builds, integration, validation, manufacturing release, and production ramp. Provides executive dashboards, drives decision-making and accountability, and ensures alignment of system requirements, interfaces, and deliverables across the product lifecycle.

Design and develop high-performance dataplane software for TeraWave’s satellite communications network. Build packet-processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and VPP, optimize 100G/400G line-rate performance, implement routing and tunneling protocols, integrate hardware accelerators, and architect scalable distributed systems. Provide technical leadership through code reviews and mentoring while collaborating with platform, hardware, and network engineering teams.

Design and develop advanced RF/mmWave integrated front-end chipsets for satellite communications, including amplifiers, mixers, phase shifters, synthesizers, and related analog circuits. Translate system requirements into chip specifications, perform circuit and electromagnetic simulations, optimize IC/package interfaces, support top-level integration and verification, characterize and debug prototypes, and guide products through production. Collaborate with RF systems, package engineering, third-party design partners, and cross-functional teams.

Lead the design and integration of high-speed PLLs and clock distribution systems in advanced CMOS and SiGe technologies. Responsibilities include circuit design, simulation, layout oversight, verification, system integration, silicon characterization, validation, performance optimization, tape-out, and mentoring junior engineers. The role partners with RF and SoC architects and supports test planning, bring-up, debugging, and production yield improvements for space communications systems.

Lead mixed-signal design verification methodology, define co-simulation EDA infrastructure, and develop models for complex system-on-chip designs. Create Verilog and SystemVerilog test benches and behavioral models for analog and mixed-mode circuits, establish block- and chip-level verification methods, support analog and digital teams during model bring-up, and perform analog/mixed-signal simulations.

Design and develop fractional-N PLLs, DLLs, clock distribution circuits, and analog/RF building blocks in advanced CMOS technologies. Own system and circuit design, performance optimization, layout oversight, integration, verification, tape-out, silicon characterization, and debugging. Collaborate with RF, SoC, validation, and product engineering teams to define requirements, develop test plans, and support production. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to high-performance space communication systems.

Leads end-to-end verification strategy for advanced satellite communication ASIC and SoC programs. Establishes methodologies, infrastructure, coverage, assertions, formal analysis, emulation, and signoff criteria across block, subsystem, and SoC levels. Guides verification of modem pipelines, FEC engines, digital beamforming, packet processing, and control fabrics; resolves complex failures, develops reusable verification frameworks, influences tool strategy, and mentors technical leaders.

Lead end-to-end manufacturing process flow and process control design for satellite production at constellation scale. Responsibilities include production line architecture, workflow sequencing, line balancing, takt-time optimization, MES integration, SPC, process documentation, capacity planning, validation, control plans, DFX implementation, yield improvement, and production ramp support. The role partners with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and vendors to achieve reliable, repeatable, high-volume production.

Owns subsystem-level manufacturing process flow, process control, DFX integration, line architecture, workflow sequencing, capacity planning, and production readiness for TeraWave satellite systems. Develops SPC, MES, documentation, control plans, validation processes, and in-line testing while optimizing manufacturability, throughput, yield, reliability, and serviceability. Partners with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to scale production from prototype through high-volume constellation manufacturing.

Lead end-to-end design and qualification of ruggedized, space-rated avionics components for Blue Origin’s TeraWave satellite network. Responsibilities include requirements definition, circuit and PCB design, trade studies, signal and power integrity analysis, testing, verification, production support, configuration management, design reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires expertise in radiation-hardened hardware, FPGAs, CMOS sensors, DDR memory, optoelectronic integration, and high-reliability flight hardware.

Lead end-to-end RF assembly design and integration for satellite communication modules, applying DFM, DFT, DFA, DFR, and supply-chain design principles. Develop RF assembly processes, coordinate vendors and BOMs, validate performance, and drive first-article inspection, reliability analysis, manufacturing readiness, yield optimization, and production ramp for high-volume orbital hardware.

Leads end-to-end development of space-rated avionics power components, including requirements, schematic and PCB design, power integrity, controller algorithms, testing, qualification, production support, and flight integration. Provides technical leadership, design reviews, documentation approval, configuration management, and mentorship while developing reliable hardware for radiation and harsh space environments.

Designs, simulates, characterizes, and validates custom mixed-signal and digital interface circuits. Develops Liberty timing models across PVT, slew, load, and parasitic conditions; performs SPICE-based waveform analysis; automates characterization flows; and integrates models with synthesis, implementation, STA, signoff, and verification workflows. Collaborates with analog, digital, physical design, and verification teams while documenting methodologies and mentoring junior engineers.

Owns end-to-end technical program management for TeraWave’s global ground networking infrastructure. Responsibilities include developing software roadmaps, deploying IP/MPLS backbone and PoP infrastructure, managing site selection and facility build-outs, coordinating hardware and software engineering teams, overseeing vendors and procurement, managing dependencies and risks, and driving international telecommunications licensing and regulatory approvals.

Design and develop high-performance dataplane software for the TeraWave satellite communications network. Responsibilities include C/C++ packet processing with DPDK and VPP, line-rate optimization at 100G/400G, routing and tunneling integration, hardware accelerator interfaces, distributed dataplane architecture, benchmarking, code reviews, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leads design-for-excellence reviews and mechanical assembly integration from concept through production. Evaluates CAD models and drawings for manufacturability, develops DFX standards, conducts tolerance and cost analyses, supports supplier and manufacturing collaboration, resolves quality issues, guides NPI and production readiness, and mentors engineers. The role focuses on industrializing complex aerospace hardware for high-volume satellite production.