BLUE ORIGIN
BLUE ORIGIN
BLUE ORIGIN este o companie din domeniul aerospațial și al apărării, axată pe explorarea spațiului și dezvoltarea unor vehicule de lansare reutilizabile. Fondată de Jeff Bezos, compania își propune să extindă activitatea umană în spațiu, contribuind în același timp la protejarea Pământului prin căutarea unor noi surse de energie și materiale și prin mutarea industriilor dincolo de planetă. Sistemele sale parțial și complet reutilizabile sunt concepute pentru clienți civili, comerciali și din domeniul apărării, cu accent pe siguranță și pe accesul eficient din punct de vedere al costurilor la spațiu.

Principal Engineer, TeraWave RF and Optical Systems — Blue Origin Onsite

Lead end-to-end integration, verification, and test automation for Blue Origin’s TeraWave satellite communications network. Drive constellation-scale bring-up, link validation, and flight operations across RF and optical systems.

Descriere

  • Lead integration, bring-up, and verification for TeraWave RF and optical payloads, user and gateway terminals, and ground systems
  • Establish verification direction for space-based RF and optical links while advising leadership and customers on advanced technical studies
  • Own integration and verification architecture, automation frameworks, strategy, and requirements traceability
  • Perform trade studies, develop prototypes, and assess early technical feasibility
  • Create and deploy agentic AI systems for automated validation, data collection, analysis, troubleshooting, optimization, and test execution
  • Coordinate integration campaigns across hardware, silicon, RF and antenna, optical, modem and DSP, flight software, SDN, networking, and systems engineering
  • Direct satellite and terminal bring-up, including RF alignment, optical alignment, timing, power, thermal, networking, and antenna integration
  • Lead verification of RF payloads, optical links, PHY, MAC, and network layers
  • Develop high-fidelity hardware-in-the-loop environments that reproduce orbital dynamics with ranges, channel emulators, GNSS simulators, hexapods, positioners, and precision instruments
  • Model constellation geometry, antenna projections, and SINR changes to validate achievable data rates
  • Improve verification lifecycle processes, CI/CD pipelines, test-vector generation, instrument abstraction, automated data reduction, and analysis
  • Deliver production-quality Python, C/C++, and MATLAB/Simulink code and establish performance KPIs
  • Create long-term roadmaps for laboratory, chamber, and ground-station infrastructure, covering capital plans, suppliers, procurement, and deployment
  • Lead anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions
  • Support on-orbit commissioning and flight operations through test-as-you-fly validation and operational handoff
  • Mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, lead design reviews, and set engineering direction
  • Manage schedules, budgets, milestones, and risks for assigned systems and projects
  • Maintain partnerships with internal teams, external collaborators, suppliers, and standards organizations
  • Own technical records including verification reports, ICDs, test plans, procedures, and release criteria
  • Advance industry expertise through inventions, publications, and participation in technical committees

Cerințe

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or a related discipline
  • At least seven years of experience integrating, testing, and verifying RF and/or optical communications systems spanning complex hardware and software
  • Proven ownership of complete integration and verification lifecycles, from requirements and ConOps through design, simulation, laboratory or chamber testing, hardware-in-the-loop emulation, and field or on-orbit validation
  • Extensive hands-on experience with RF test and reference equipment such as signal generators and analyzers, VNAs, oscilloscopes, channel emulators, noise and power meters, and phase-noise analyzers
  • Experience with anechoic chamber, CATR, or OTA testing methods
  • Strong understanding of link budgets and modem or PHY performance measures, including EVM, ACLR, PAPR, sensitivity, BER/BLER, MCS/FEC behavior, CFO/SFO, and timing recovery
  • Proficiency building test automation and analysis software with Python and MATLAB/Simulink
  • Working knowledge of C/C++ and Linux-based testing and networking environments
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and mentoring senior engineers
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities
  • U.S. citizenship or nationality, permanent resident status, current Green Card status, or lawful admission as a refugee or asylee is required
  • A related master’s degree or PhD is preferred
  • Ten or more years of experience verifying mission-critical communications systems is preferred
  • Preferred experience includes software-defined radios, RF transceivers, antenna control, optical transceivers, free-space optical or laser communications terminals, satellite communications, LEO mega-constellations, NTN, cellular wireless, or terrestrial telecommunications
  • Preferred background includes HITL or digital-twin frameworks, GNSS simulators, hexapods, positioners, precision timing, 3GPP NTN, Release 17+ callbox or UE emulation, DU/CU evaluation, hosted-payload integration, test infrastructure, formal verification, radiation-hardened computing, spectrum or regulatory compliance, publications, patents, or standards participation
  • Completion of Blue’s Standard Background Check is required; some roles may require additional checks or credentials

Beneficii

  • Relocation assistance may be available
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions of up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Stock options for regular employees scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week
  • Up to four weeks of paid time off annually, based on scheduled weekly hours
  • Up to 14 company-paid holidays
  • Benefits and bonuses may depend on role type, job level, individual performance, and company results

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