Power Regulator Responsible Engineer, Project Sunrise

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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!  

Join Blue Origin as we build infrastructure in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re developing a satellite constellation of orbital data centers, Sunrise, designed to transform how compute infrastructure is deployed and leveraged.

• →Serve as the single-threaded owner and Responsible Engineer (RE) for the Power Regulator product, leading a multidisciplinary team and owning the product architecture, requirements, interfaces, and budgets from concept through production.
• →Lead the hands-on technical design and analysis of high-voltage, high-frequency switching power converters, including topology selection, component sizing (semiconductors, magnetics), control strategy, schematic design, and detailed electrical, thermal, and reliability analyses (WCA, FMEA).
• →Own the complete hardware verification and qualification strategy, from developing test plans for prototype and flight hardware to leading anomaly investigations and ensuring the product is fully validated for the space environment.
• →Drive the product's transition to high-rate manufacturing, championing Design for Manufacturability/Test (DFM/DFT), defining automated test requirements, and collaborating with production teams to achieve aggressive cost and schedule targets.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching power converters (DC/DC, DC/AC, or battery charge/discharge regulators).
• Experience as a box, assembly, or product-level Responsible Engineer (or equivalent technical lead role) with accountability for an integrated multi-card unit through integration and test.
• Design experience with high-voltage power electronics above 100V, including bus architecture, protection circuits, and PCB layout with explicit consideration for creepage, clearance, and thermal management.
• Experience selecting and sizing power semiconductors (Si, SiC, and/or GaN), gate drivers, and magnetics.
• Proficiency in performing and documenting power electronics analyses, including worst-case analysis, derating, stability, power dissipation, transient response, and reliability.
• Hands-on experience leading or substantially contributing to a hardware qualification campaign, including test plan development and anomaly resolution.
• End-to-end product development experience, from requirements definition through qualification and production release.
• Familiarity or fluency with AI tools and their application for design optimization, analysis, or requirements management.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on power electronics, or a related technical field.
• Space Power Systems Expertise: Experience with solar array regulation, battery charge/discharge systems, and radiation-tolerant design practices.
• Advanced Power Conversion Expertise: Deep experience with high-frequency, wide-bandgap (GaN/SiC) converters, advanced topologies (e.g., resonant, isolated), and high-frequency magnetics design.
• Digital Control Experience: Familiarity with digital control of power converters using FPGAs, microcontrollers, or custom ASICs.
• Design for Production Experience: A background in high-volume industries (e.g., automotive, data center) with a focus on DFM/DFT, production test, and yield improvement.
• Tools Proficiency: Expertise with modern design and simulation tools such as Altium Designer, LTspice/PLECS, and Python.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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