Blue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, and is looking for a Flight Software Engineer II to define, develop, and test the flight software for the upcoming Blue Ring uncrewed spacecraft, addressing the challenges of space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit.
Requirements
- B.S. degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Breadth of understanding in software development concepts
- 3+ years of experience in defining and/or verifying low-level software structure, inter process communication, and scheduling
- Demonstrated software development skills in real-time embedded systems, particularly C/C++
- Experience working within development and test environments that use containers and python
- Effective debugging skills at the software/hardware boundary
- Experience with spacecraft development and operations, such as proposals, system definition, design, production, integration, verification, on-orbit checkout, mission operations, and anomaly resolution
Responsibilities
- Define, develop, and test the flight software for the Blue Ring uncrewed spacecraft
- Work with a team of engineers to understand how the software will be used and define requirements
- Create real-time software using modern embedded C/C++ techniques
- Contribute to tests and pipelines to ensure the continued quality of products
- Support other areas such as avionics hardware and mission operations
- Participate in the buildup and test of the actual flight vehicles
- Expand understanding of satellite systems
Other
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships
- 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
- U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
- Background check required, including Blue’s Standard Background Check and potentially others
- Must be willing to work in a collaborative environment and embody leadership principles including resourcefulness, deliver results, bias for action, and technical ambition and simplicity
