Senior Ground Software Engineer - Blue Ring

About the role

The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, focusing on space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit. You will work with engineers and mission operators to develop, test, and deploy software for critical space mission operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify, and deploy mission operations software systems, ensuring the success of the Ground System (hardware/software).
• Work with multiple teams, including engineers from fields like flight vehicle systems, mission control infrastructure, operations subject areas, and customers, to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Cook with systems infrastructure and system engineers to plan, develop, and verify software products to meet requirements and safety-critical standards.
• Produce user documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manual, and training material.
• Follow software development processes that meet Blue Origin and customer-required standards to ensure software safety and reliability.
• Support frequent update cycles in support of pre-flight testing, mission validation exercises, and operations training events.
• Support mission control software operations responsibilities (maintenance, defect correction, improvements) during operator training; ground data system verification, validation, and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight.
• Integrate software components, develop, and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.
• Support in developing materials for software design, verification plans, user manuals, and training.

Requirements

• B.S. or higher degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Experience in software engineering over the course of the full lifecycle of software development, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release.
• Experience in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
• Demonstrated software development skills in multiple software languages, with ability to implement in the language most appropriate to the problem-domain.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and comfortable with basic Unix system administration activities.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and professional relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing ground software for space flight operations.
• Expertise developing complex applications in Python.
• Experience with REST, Kafka, GRPC, web development, and/or database development and interfaces.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and Cloud Technologies.
• Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated subsystem software.
• Active Top Secret Clearance.

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.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week).