Senior Embedded Verification Engineer – Space RF

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin’s Lunar RF Systems group seeks a Senior Embedded Software Verification & Test Engineer to verify embedded software for flight RF hardware used on lunar vehicles. In this role you will define verification strategies and work with a cross‑functional team to ensure robust, safe systems.

You will lead test automation, integrate with hardware-in-the-loop setups, and guide anomaly investigations across software, FPGA, and RF hardware to support flight readiness and mission success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded software verification, integration, test, or development.
• Experience converting requirements into traceable test cases, procedures, and objective pass/fail criteria.
• Strong embedded C or C++ development and debugging skills.
• Proficiency with Python or similar languages for test automation, equipment control, and data analysis.
• Experience testing embedded software on microcontroller, FPGA, or SoC based hardware.
• Hands-on experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing and laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic or protocol analyzers, power supplies, multimeters, and signal generators.
• Experience debugging across hardware and software using tools such as GDB, JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and Wireshark.
• Experience with Git or another modern version-control system and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software verification strategies, test plans, procedures, and requirements traceability matrix for spaceflight RF components.
• Derive electrical test requirements from system specifications, ICD’s, schematics, and safety requirements.
• Review system, software, interface, and safety requirements for clarity, completeness, and testability.
• Develop automated test frameworks, scripts, test firmware, equipment-control software, and data‑analysis tools.
• Perform software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, bench-level, and integrated RF testing.
• Verify functional, performance, timing, interface, startup, fault‑management, and recovery requirements.
• Establish objective pass/fail criteria and maintain configuration‑controlled test procedures, software, equipment configurations, and results.
• Debug embedded systems using laboratory equipment and software‑debug tools.
• Lead anomaly investigations across software, FPGA logic, digital hardware, and RF hardware; drive corrective actions through closure.
• Participate in requirements, design, test-readiness, qualification, and acceptance reviews.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Python

Microcontroller/FPGA/SoC testing

Hardware-in-the-loop testing

GDB/JTAG debugging

Git & CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Master’s degree in a related technical field

Tools

GDB

JTAG

Wireshark

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Blue Origin’s Lunar RF Systems group seeks a Senior Embedded Software Verification & Test Engineer to verify embedded software for flight RF hardware used on lunar vehicles. In this role you will define verification strategies and work with a cross‑functional team to ensure robust, safe systems.

You will lead test automation, integrate with hardware-in-the-loop setups, and guide anomaly investigations across software, FPGA, and RF hardware to support flight readiness and mission success.