SLD Senior Flight Software Engineer - Lunar Permanence

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem- solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. 

As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will be a key member of a software team responsible for designing, implementing, and verifying software for the primary flight computer on a lunar lander. You will share in the team’s impact on the full life cycle of software and vehicle development, from conceptual architectures and requirements through vehicle integration, launch, and flight. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership talent, and passion for our mission to help return humans to the moon.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead technical implementation of human-rated flight software for a crewed lunar lander.
• Guide the development and implementation of subsystem applications and fault management.
• Develop software requirements in coordination with systems engineering and subsystem owners.
• Evaluate, decompose, and create requirements for safety-critical, real-time operating systems.
• Perform trade studies on platform software architecture and implementation.
• Author unit tests, documentation, and participate in code reviews.
• Support the vehicle Fault Management and Autonomy Lead to establish integrated vehicle autonomous behaviors, modes, and states.
• Coordinate the technical activities of the team developing vehicle and subsystem management applications.
• Coordinate efforts to integrate flight software components for testing and verification in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation environments.
• Define and implement software development best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 years developing spacecraft flight software.
• Experience with NASA cFS.
• Experience with VxWorks.
• Demonstrated experience in defining and/or verifying low-level software structure, inter process communication, and scheduling.
• Demonstrated software development skills in real-time embedded systems.
• Strong C/C++ skills including object-oriented design.
• Working knowledge of Python.
• Experience architecting software with model-based methodologies such as UML.
• Experience with build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, deployment of software.
• Strong debugging skills at the software/hardware boundary.
• Experience with software development using safety-critical standards, such as DO-178 or NPR 7150.2.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion 
• 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 Qualifications:

• Experience across the full software development lifecycle: concept definition, architecture, requirements capture and development, implementation, verification, system integration, qualification and release.
• Experience developing safety critical products using NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standards.
• Experience with embedded Linux and/or real time operating systems.
• Experience operating integrated hardware-in-the-loop lab environments.
• Experience with Human Space Flight.
• Experience with robust time and space partitioning.

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $157,053.75-$219,875.25;WA applicants is $170,805.00-$239,127.00

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.

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.

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.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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