Senior Flight Software Engineer — Spacecraft Avionics Lead

Blue Origin; Denver, Huntsville, Reston (CO, AL, VA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to lead major embedded avionics subsystems for national security space missions. You will architect, develop, and deliver high-reliability real-time software for spacecraft avionics in C/C++, and drive requirements derivation with traceability across the lifecycle.

You will engage across proposals, system definition, production, integration, verification, and mission operations, mentoring engineers and communicating status to leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of embedded software development and testing in C/C++.
• Experience in multi-threaded, real-time systems in aerospace or similar critical domains.
• Experience across spacecraft lifecycle: proposals, system definition, design, integration, verification, in-orbit ops.

Responsibilities

• Lead major embedded avionics subsystems and mentor engineers.
• Architect and deliver high-rel real-time software for spacecraft avionics in C/C++.
• Derive software requirements and verify traceability across lifecycle.
• Lead design reviews and coordinate integration and test activities.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Real-time systems

Multithreaded programming

Spacecraft software

Agile methodologies

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

Embedded Linux

RTOS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to lead major embedded avionics subsystems for national security space missions. You will architect, develop, and deliver high-reliability real-time software for spacecraft avionics in C/C++, and drive requirements derivation with traceability across the lifecycle.

You will engage across proposals, system definition, production, integration, verification, and mission operations, mentoring engineers and communicating status to leadership.