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Flight Software Engineer III - Displays and Controls

Blue Origin · Greater Seattle Area · 5 days ago
On-siteInformation Technology$165k–$231k/yrFull-time

About the role

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. The goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of application software requirements in coordination with systems engineering and subsystem owners
  • Evaluate, decompose, and create requirements for safety-critical, real-time operating systems
  • Lead trade studies on platform software architecture and implementation
  • Guide and mentor junior engineers in software development practices
  • Oversee the authoring of unit tests, documentation, and lead code reviews
  • Direct the development and implementation of subsystem applications and fault management for various space vehicles
  • Collaborate with the vehicle Fault Management and Autonomy Lead to establish integrated vehicle autonomous behaviors, modes, and states
  • Provide technical leadership for the team developing vehicle and subsystem management applications
  • Oversee efforts to integrate application flight software components, create and run unit tests, validate on Hardware-in-the-Loop and simulation environments
  • Partner with the integrated product manager to identify and track program and technical risk, develop and maintain schedule, resource allocation, and budget
  • Establish and implement software development best practices

Requirements

  • B.S. degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Advanced understanding of software development concepts and methodologies
  • Significant experience in defining and/or verifying low-level software structure, inter-process communication, and scheduling
  • Proven software development skills in real-time embedded systems, particularly in C/C++
  • Demonstrated leadership in build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, deployment of software
  • Thorough knowledge of NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standard

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • Experience leading teams in full life cycle software development of real-time embedded systems, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and releasing
  • Experience directing safety critical product development utilizing NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standard
  • Expertise with Embedded Linux or equivalent real-time operating systems
  • Experience managing integrated hardware-in-the-loop lab environments
  • Proven track record working on avionics, satellite, or space flight systems

Desired Qualifications

  • Successful candidates typically have 8+ years of software development experience
  • Experience leading teams in full life cycle software development of real-time embedded systems, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and releasing
  • Experience directing safety critical product development utilizing NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standard
  • Expertise with Embedded Linux or equivalent real-time operating systems
  • Experience managing integrated hardware-in-the-loop lab environments
  • Proven track record working on avionics, satellite, or space flight systems

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $164,652.00 - $230,512.80

Schedule

Not specified

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%
  • 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

Company Culture

Blue Origin is dedicated to building an authentic workplace and encourages all qualified applicants to apply regardless of their past experience.

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

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 at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

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