Senior Flight Software Engineer
$177k/y-$248k/y
3 days ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to join their team in Seattle, WA. The role involves defining, developing, and testing flight software for upcoming Blue Ring uncrewed spacecraft.
About the Role
As a Senior Flight Software Engineer, you will collaborate with a team of engineers to understand software usage, define requirements, and create real-time software using modern embedded C/C++ techniques. You will ensure product quality through test and pipeline development, shape new capabilities for product line upgrades, and support avionics hardware and mission operations. This role requires a high level of autonomy and directly impacts customer solutions and mission-unique software.
About You
Required:
- B.S. degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of embedded software development and testing experience including low-level software structure, drivers, inter process communication, and scheduling.
- Proven experience across the software lifecycle, including software design and analysis, requirement development, software implementation and verification, system integration, and qualification.
- Experience working on multi-component, sophisticated avionics for spacecraft, aircraft, or similar systems.
- Expertise developing real-time embedded systems, particularly in C/C++.
- Experience working with build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment of software.
- Effective debugging skills at the software/hardware boundary.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills with program and executive leadership.
- Active or ability to acquire/renew clearance. Top Secret (TS) / Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance with Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with polygraph preferred.
- 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.
Preferred:
- Demonstrated ability to serve as the technical leader for lean, multi-discipline teams.
- Experience in autonomy, sequencers, state machines, and fault management.
- Experience developing mission critical products using NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or similar software standards.
- Understanding of spacecraft operations, subsystem functions, and their interfaces and common interactions.
- Experience with Embedded Linux or similar real time embedded operating systems, including kernel, driver, and image building.
- Familiarity with embedded avionics networking, including OSI model, transport/data link layers, Ethernet, IP, UDP/TCP/SCTP, CCSDS or other Radio networking protocols.
Benefits
- 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.
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
We are building a road to space for the benefit of Earth, humanity’s blue origin. Our team is focused on radically reducing the cost of access to space and harnessing its vast resources while mobilizing future generations to realize this mission. Blue Origin builds reusable rocket engines, launch vehicles, in-space systems, and lunar landers. Discover more at BlueOrigin.com.
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Seattle, WA