Lead Embedded Systems Architect for Space Networking

Blue Origin; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Onsite role

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Blue Origin is hiring a Principal/Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Emerging Systems unit in the United States. You will own architecture for the TeraWave satellite payload software, lead cross-functional teams, and drive performance, scalability, and reliability on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms.

You will mentor engineers, shape design decisions, and collaborate with hardware, silicon and network teams to deliver high-assurance space-based communications capabilities while guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of deep experience in embedded software development in C/C++ to run on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms.
• Strong proficiency in C++ object-oriented design and implementation.
• Hands-on expertise in embedded systems debugging using SW and HW tools (JTAG, SWD, CoreSight, Lauterbach/Trace32, J-Link, J-Trace etc.)
• Experience with Linux networking and inter-core/processor communications between applications that use high-speed data-plane interfaces (Ethernet, Interlaken, JESD), DMA/RDMA, RoCE etc.
• Experience leading software development teams and mentoring senior engineers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own software architecture and design one or more system areas and represent them in cross-team discussions with chief architects and peer technical leaders, conduct trade studies and develop prototypes to identify architectural options, and propose the best path forward.
• Collaborate with hardware, silicon and systems engineering teams and lead integration campaigns to bring system up the features, troubleshoot problems, and provide solutions.
• Lead critical systems design and implementation of multi-threaded embedded software in C/C++ to run on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms, hosted on multi-core SoCs on the TeraWave satellite payload and ground terminals.
• Define and develop strategies for scaling, fault-tolerance and recovery.
• Define performance KPIs (processing latencies, throughput, algorithmic efficiency) and develop methods for measurements and optimization of resources (compute, memory, storage, network and I/O).
• Contribute to technical documentation, code reviews, and system architecture decisions.
• Champion embedded software development, testing and troubleshooting best practices – including CI/CD, test and data analysis automation, TDD.
• Lead the team from front in delivering with speed and quality, and mentor a team of highly skilled software engineers, fostering technical excellence and innovation.

Skills

C/C++ development

Embedded systems debugging

Linux networking

Team leadership

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

JTAG

SWD

CoreSight

Lauterbach/Trace32

J-Link

J-Trace

Job description

Blue Origin is hiring a Principal/Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Emerging Systems unit in the United States. You will own architecture for the TeraWave satellite payload software, lead cross-functional teams, and drive performance, scalability, and reliability on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms.

You will mentor engineers, shape design decisions, and collaborate with hardware, silicon and network teams to deliver high-assurance space-based communications capabilities while guiding