Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Space Systems

Blue Origin; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Blue Origin in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Software Engineer to lead embedded software efforts for the TeraWave constellation. You will design, implement, and optimize real-time software for constrained environments and collaborate across hardware and software teams.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, mentorship of junior engineers, and delivering high-quality solutions with CI/CD practices in a fast-paced space communications program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of embedded software development in C/C++ on Linux/RTOS/bare-metal platforms.
• Strong proficiency in C++ object-oriented design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with embedded systems debugging using SW/HW tools (JTAG, SWD, CoreSight, Lauterbach/Trace32, J-Link, J-Trace).
• Experience with peripherals (SPI, I3C, I2C, PCIe, CAN) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop multi-threaded embedded software in C/C++ for Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms.
• Develop and integrate device drivers and control/data plane functions for Satellite RF transceivers and antenna/optical systems.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to integrate software with hardware systems.
• Contribute to technical documentation, code reviews, and design discussions.
• Troubleshoot via telemetry, logs/traces, and debugging tools; lead testing and debugging practices (CI/CD, TDD).
• Mentor junior engineers and drive fast, high-quality software delivery.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Linux/RTOS

C++ OO design

CI/CD

Debugging tools

Mentoring

Agile

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE/EE

Tools

JTAG

SWD

CoreSight

Trace32

J-Link

J-Trace

Job description

Blue Origin in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Software Engineer to lead embedded software efforts for the TeraWave constellation. You will design, implement, and optimize real-time software for constrained environments and collaborate across hardware and software teams.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, mentorship of junior engineers, and delivering high-quality solutions with CI/CD practices in a fast-paced space communications program.