Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Space Avionics

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin in Florida is seeking an experienced embedded software engineer to design, implement, and verify embedded software for mission-critical spaceflight systems. You will work closely with avionics hardware engineers on BSPs, bare-metal and OS-level programming, and performance benchmarking.

The role involves hands-on lab debugging, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and opportunities to influence HW/SW partitioning and fault-tolerance strategies.

Qualifications

• BS in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded domain.
• Strong C/C++/Rust with Linux scripting experience.
• Strong debugging with HW/SW tools and memory/I/O access.
• Background in computer architecture (memory buses, DMA, CPU pipelines).
• Experience with version control systems (Git).
• Ability to work in team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop BSP software and device drivers for new hardware.
• Bare-metal or OS-level programming for initialization and networking.
• Hands-on debugging with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and JTAG.
• Design reviews focusing on HW/SW partitioning.
• Benchmarking and characterizing hardware performance.
• Bring up HW accelerators in modern SoCs.
• Scripting and Linux development with development kits.

Skills

Embedded software design

C/C++/Rust

Linux scripting

Debugging with HW/SW tools

System architecture

Education

BS in computer engineering / computer science / electrical engineering / aerospace engineering

Tools

GDB

XSDB

GRMON

Logic Analyzer

Wireshark

Job description

Blue Origin in Florida is seeking an experienced embedded software engineer to design, implement, and verify embedded software for mission-critical spaceflight systems. You will work closely with avionics hardware engineers on BSPs, bare-metal and OS-level programming, and performance benchmarking.

The role involves hands-on lab debugging, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and opportunities to influence HW/SW partitioning and fault-tolerance strategies.