Work Study Electrical Engineering Jobs in Tacoma, WA

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Job Profile Summary

This role is accountable for the technical output, staffing, development, and performance of a small, high-impact team (typically 4-8 direct reports) delivering end-to-end electrical engineering solutions. Working under general direction from senior engineering leadership, the manager sets team priorities, allocates engineering resources across competing operational demands, and personally engages in technical decision-making on the most complex or highest-risk problems. The manager partners across a diverse set of technical and operational stakeholders, ensuring the team's engineering judgment is applied consistently across the supporting disciplines that surround a successful integration effort.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Electrical Engineers, including hiring, performance reviews, career development planning, and day-to-day workload management
• Set team priorities and allocate engineering resources across competing operational, maintenance, and integration demands
• Serve as the primary point of escalation for technical disagreements, resourcing conflicts, and cross-functional coordination issues affecting the team
• Build technical bench strength on the team through mentorship, delegation, and targeted skill development, including in AI-enabled engineering tools
• Represent the team's capacity, capabilities, and constraints to senior engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Technical & Engineering Oversight

• Provide technical direction and review for the team's electrical engineering solutions spanning power distribution, motor/generator systems, instrumentation, and controls, along with the integration challenges that bridge these domains
• Personally engage in the most complex or highest-risk technical problems, independently determining approaches where the team requires additional depth or judgment
• Interface with multiple stakeholder groups-including operations, manufacturing, test, and external partners-to align on requirements, technical direction, and solutions at the team and program level
• Ensure the team's engineering input across supporting disciplines (safety and failure-effects analysis, systems engineering, configuration management, quality, work-instruction authoring, work scheduling, technical design/drafting, and process development) meets organizational standards
• Oversee troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on electrical and electromechanical systems performed by the team, and validate recommended corrective actions
• Ensure preventative and corrective maintenance programs for electrical systems are executed, including critical spare parts planning
• Ensure the team properly configures and supports basic networking infrastructure tied to electrical/controls systems
• Champion and enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), de-energization, and other safe-work practices across the team's design and execution work
• Ensure electrical systems designed for hazardous (classified) locations meet applicable codes and standards
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering tools across the team to improve analysis, documentation, and design efficiency
• Ensure the team documents designs, analyses, and decisions to support traceability and configuration control

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience, including demonstrated technical leadership of engineering work
• 2+ years of experience directly managing, leading, or formally mentoring engineers (people management, technical lead, or equivalent leadership experience)
• Experience with low-voltage and medium-voltage systems including interpreting analyses and studies
• Functional knowledge of motors, generators, and facility power systems
• 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
• Familiarity with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and de-energization procedures
• Demonstrated experience leading teams in dynamic, high-energy operational environments
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphical communication skills, including experience communicating technical direction and priorities to both engineers and senior leadership
• Ability to manage competing priorities and lead a team in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Proficiency using AI tools in an engineering workflow, and experience driving their adoption within a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• Experience designing for hazardous (classified) areas (e.g., Class I, Division 2)
• Experience leading or overseeing failure investigations
• Experience supporting or overseeing systems engineering, configuration management, or quality processes
• Experience developing work instructions and engineering processes at a team or organizational level
• Working knowledge of basic networking systems
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (e.g., NEC, NFPA 70E / arc flash) and PLC/controls platforms
• Prior experience building or scaling an engineering team, including hiring and onboarding

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $183,807.00 - $257,328.75

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Export Control Regulations

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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "Know Your Rights," please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us atEEOCompliance@blueorigin.com. Please note this is a publicly managed inbox. Please do not include any personal medical information in your request.