Senior Autonomy Software Engineer for Spaceflight

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 121,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a dynamic Software Systems Engineer for the New Glenn autonomy software component. You will own end-to-end autonomy software behavior, working with controls engineers, subsystem designers, and operators to define requirements and verification plans.

You will participate in simulation, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing, and hardware validation, contributing to release readiness while addressing safety and performance concerns. Strong documentation and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 5–8 years of experience with technical design, analysis, or integrated testing of real-time or safety-critical software.
• Proficiency with engineering physics, software engineering, and closed-loop control principles.
• Experience programming in Python; familiarity with C++ and GitLab CI/CD is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to define autonomy software behaviors.
• Architect, document, and decompose design decisions into software requirements, verification and validation activities.
• Support code reviews and validate software behavior through simulation data analysis, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing, and hardware testing.
• Develop and run data analysis pipelines.
• Drive autonomy software release readiness decisions by assessing changes for safety and performance.
• Coordinate with Avionics teams to integrate autonomy software into flight and ground systems.

Skills

Python

Real-time software design

Safety-critical software

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a dynamic Software Systems Engineer for the New Glenn autonomy software component. You will own end-to-end autonomy software behavior, working with controls engineers, subsystem designers, and operators to define requirements and verification plans.

You will participate in simulation, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing, and hardware validation, contributing to release readiness while addressing safety and performance concerns. Strong documentation and teamwork are essential.