Senior GenAI & AI R&D Software Lead for Space Tech

Blue Origin LLC

Seattle, Northern (WA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 197,000 - 276,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Educational support program

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in the Seattle area seeks a Senior Software Development Manager to lead a team building AI-driven Manufacturing Execution Systems. You will steer design, simulation, and analysis tools using the latest generative AI technologies to accelerate hardware lifecycles.

You will collaborate with customers and partners to deliver a Physical AI roadmap, supervise delivery with strong ownership, and mentor future leaders while ensuring safe spaceflight-focused software quality.

Qualifications

10+ years of software and systems engineering experience
3+ years leading development teams
2+ years building products that use or incorporate large language models
5+ years building products that apply machine learning and AI
Experience with GenAI state-of-the-art systems (agent memory, retrieval augmented generation, knowledge graphs)
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with high accountability and ownership
Willingness to travel up to 10%
U.S. citizenship or eligible status for work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Enterprise MES AI software engineering team to build AI software products
Staff and grow the software engineering/research team to execute against the AI roadmap
Collaborate with customers and Emerging Technology leaders to develop the Physical AI product roadmap
Partner with external AI providers (Anthropic, AWS, OpenAI) to integrate capabilities
Ensure performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of MES AI systems
Mentor and develop future leaders in the team