Blue Origin

Electrical Engineer III

Blue Origin • $130K — $182K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience
  • Experience with low-voltage and medium-voltage systems
  • Functional knowledge of motors, generators, and facility power systems
  • Experience with instrumentation and controls, especially Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
  • Hands-on troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
  • Familiarity with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and de-energization procedures

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement electrical engineering solutions across power distribution, motor/generator systems, and controls
  • Serve as a key technical contributor, adapting to changing priorities
  • Interface with various stakeholders to gather requirements and align on solutions
  • Contribute engineering input across disciplines including safety analysis and systems engineering
  • Conduct troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on electrical systems
  • Support preventative and corrective maintenance of electrical systems
  • Utilize AI-enabled tools to enhance engineering workflows

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave and short/long-term disability benefits
  • 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match
  • Stock options for regular employees
  • Generous paid time off including up to four weeks a year and 14 company holidays
  • Eligibility for bonuses and contributions based on individual performance as outlined by company policy
Full Job Description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

Job Profile Summary As part of a small, high-impact team responsible for integration, installation, refurbishment, maintenance, and operations, the Electrical Engineer III delivers end-to-end electrical engineering solutions across a broad scope. Working under general direction, this engineer independently determines and develops approaches to moderately complex problems, partners across a diverse set of technical and operational stakeholders and contributes engineering judgment to the supporting disciplines that surround a successful integration effort.

Special Mentions:

  • Relocation is available for this position
  • Ability to travel 25% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Develop, analyze, and implement electrical engineering solutions spanning instrumentation, controls, along with the integration challenges that bridge these domains
  • Serve as a technical contributor on a small team with wide-ranging scope, independently determining technical approaches and adapting to shifting priorities and problem types
  • Interface with multiple stakeholder groups—including operations, manufacturing, test, and external partners—to gather requirements, communicate technical direction, and align on solutions
  • Provide engineering input across supporting disciplines, including safety and failure-effects analysis, systems engineering, configuration management, quality, work-instruction authoring, work scheduling, technical design/drafting, and process development
  • Perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on electrical and electromechanical systems, and recommend corrective actions
  • Support preventative and corrective maintenance of electrical systems, including identifying and supporting procurement of critical spare parts
  • Configure and support basic networking infrastructures
  • Apply and support Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), de-energization, and other safe-work practices in design and execution
  • Design and evaluate electrical systems for installation in hazardous (classified) locations
  • Leverage AI-enabled engineering tools to improve analysis, documentation, and design efficiency
  • Document designs, analyses, and decisions to support traceability and configuration control

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience
  • Experience with low-voltage and medium-voltage systems including interpreting analyses and studies
  • Experience with instrumentation and controls, including hardware such as Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
  • Hands on experience with preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
  • Familiarity with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and de-energization procedures
  • Demonstrated experience working in dynamic, high-energy operational environments
  • Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
  • Proficiency using AI tools in an engineering workflow
  • Ability to travel 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
  • Experience designing for hazardous (classified) areas (e.g., Class I, Division 2)
  • Experience with failure investigations
  • Hands on experience supporting systems engineering, configuration management, or quality processes
  • Experience authoring work instructions and developing processes
  • Working knowledge of basic networking systems
  • Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (e.g., NEC, NFPA 70E / arc flash) and PLC/controls platforms

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $130,706.00 - $182,987.70

Other site ranges may differ


Benefits

  • Benefits include:  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%, and an Education Support Program.
  • Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
  • Paid Time Off:  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
  • Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
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3,000 employees
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Founded
2000

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