Satellite Simulation & Test Software Lead

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Satellite Simulation and Test Software Engineer IV/Sr to design, develop and verify simulation environments for testing TeraWave’s flight software. The ideal candidate will work with C/DH, telemetry processing, and hardware interfaces, leading the technical architecture of complex software systems.

You will collaborate across subsystems with test teams, engineers, and SMEs, developing scalable simulation environments that support software-only, HWIL, and real-time

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s degree in a related field preferred.
• 10+ years in spacecraft software, simulation, or embedded software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement simulation software for testing and verifying flight software.
• Collaborate with test leads to deploy simulation environments across platforms (SIL/HIL).
• Partner with hardware, systems, and autonomy engineers to define interfaces and behavioral boundaries.
• Develop and integrate models to test FSW across nominal and off-nominal scenarios.
• Participate in software integration, verification, and validation testing.
• Provide on-orbit operations support and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Software testing

IPC mechanisms

CI/CD

Git

RTOS knowledge

MISRA C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/Aerospace

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Google Test

MISRA C/C++

Linux

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Satellite Simulation and Test Software Engineer IV/Sr to design, develop and verify simulation environments for testing TeraWave’s flight software. The ideal candidate will work with C/DH, telemetry processing, and hardware interfaces, leading the technical architecture of complex software systems.

You will collaborate across subsystems with test teams, engineers, and SMEs, developing scalable simulation environments that support software-only, HWIL, and real-time