Senior Electrical Systems Engineer

Role Overview

Blue National Security is seeking a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer to provide technical direction for the electrical architecture of spacecraft and communications payload systems. This is a hands-on role spanning design, development, production, and test. You will own electrical interface compatibility, functional allocations, and margins across subsystems and payloads, and mentor junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for multidisciplinary systems teams (RF, optical comms, power, software, mechanical) including suppliers to create and define electronics solutions and their interfaces
• Define electrical requirements to ensure end-to-end RF communications
• Provide direction for space electronics systems and components
• Support trade studies on compatibility, cost, and technical merit of electronics development efforts
• Perform electrical system modeling and simulations, including power quality assessment, grounding definition, and interface compatibility
• Define requirements and mitigations driven by mission environment (e.g. spacecraft charging)
• Apply harness design best practices to ensure power quality and signal integrity
• Maintain end-to-end electrical compatibility and margins across subsystems and payloads
• Participate hands-on in design, development, production and test phases
• Identify technical risks early and define mitigations
• Resolve electrical hardware anomalies and determine root cause and corrective action
• Mentor junior engineers on mission considerations and electrical subsystem concepts

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field
• 8+ years experience in electrical systems engineering for space or high-reliability systems
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, including supplier interfaces
• Experience mentoring or leading junior engineers
• Demonstrated experience defining power architectures, grounding strategies, and power quality requirements
• Experience with electrical transient system modeling and simulation (e.g. SPICE-based tools, MATLAB/Simulink)
• Understanding of harness design concepts, signal integrity and design implementations, and interface definition
• Experience supporting integration, test, and anomaly resolution on flight and flight-like hardware
• Experience with requirements development, interface control documents (ICDs), and margin management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience with spacecraft charging analysis and mitigation (e.g. surface and internal charging, ESD)
• Experience with high-voltage/low-voltage hybrid power architecture
• Background in RF and optical communications systems and end-to-end link electrical requirements
• Experience applying EMI/EMC standards (e.g. MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-1541, or equivalent) to spacecraft systems
• Experience with radiation environments and electronic part selection for space
• Experience with fault tree analysis, FMEA, and root cause/corrective action processes
• Active U.S. security clearance

Compensation and Location

Base pay range for Colorado applicants: $144,179.00 - $201,849.90. Other site ranges may differ. Position includes relocation assistance. Occasional travel up to 25% to support production and operations.

Employment Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required for all positions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
• Paid time off: up to four weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays