Lunar Ground Software Engineer II

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Ground Software Engineer for the Lunar Permanence program in Seattle. You will build, test, and deploy software enabling mission operations, telemetry processing, and health monitoring for lunar vehicles.

You’ll collaborate with space vehicle teams, develop prototypes, and ensure software safety and reliability across pre-flight and flight operations. Passion for spaceflight is required.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in software/engineering field.
• 2+ years of software development experience.
• Proven Python and/or Rust development.
• Willingness to integrate with frontend developers/React.
• Experience in full lifecycle software engineering.
• Skills in build automation, CI, configuration management, verification, deployment.
• Experience designing scalable software architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix admin.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; teamwork.
• Passion for spaceflight and exploration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software for the Ground System.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove concepts and quantify risks.
• Plan, lead system verification and qualification to meet safety standards.
• Produce documentation for software architecture, verification plans, manuals and training.
• Follow development processes to ensure safety and reliability of software.
• Support frequent update cycles for pre-flight testing and training events.
• Maintain and improve ground data systems during operations and flight.
• Integrate software components and run unit/system tests with sim/real hardware.

Skills

Python

Rust

Linux

Software design

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Verbal and written skills

Spaceflight passion

Education

B.S. in Software or Engineering

Tools

React

Unix

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Ground Software Engineer for the Lunar Permanence program in Seattle. You will build, test, and deploy software enabling mission operations, telemetry processing, and health monitoring for lunar vehicles.

You’ll collaborate with space vehicle teams, develop prototypes, and ensure software safety and reliability across pre-flight and flight operations. Passion for spaceflight is required.