Senior GN&C Flight Software Engineer – Embedded Space Systems

Blue Origin; Littleton (CO); Sur place; USD 182 000 - 254 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Education support program

Résumé du poste

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a senior software engineer to design, integrate, and test GN&C flight software for the MK2 Crew Lander. You will work with avionics, embedded software, and hardware teams to deliver robust, safety‑critical capabilities.

The role requires 8+ years in embedded, real‑time software and experience with C/C++ and Rust in aerospace contexts. You will mentor junior engineers and help establish CI pipelines, unit testing, and verification plans, while supporting mission

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in embedded, real-time, robotics, aerospace, autonomous systems, or high‑reliability software.
• Proficient in C/C++ and Rust; able to work in mixed-language environments.
• Experience integrating software with physical hardware, sensors, embedded compute systems, drivers, and communications interfaces.
• Experience designing software architectures, APIs, modular interfaces, and testable systems for complex technical products.
• Strong understanding of software verification practices, including unit testing, integration testing, automated build and test pipelines, code review, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to diverse engineering stakeholders.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, etc.

Responsabilités

• Partner with GN&C algorithm developers to transition algorithms from prototype environments into performant, testable, and flight-appropriate software implementations.
• Design, implement, integrate, and maintain GN&C flight software for the MK2 Crew Lander, with emphasis on navigation and computer vision capabilities, including image pre-processing, plugin or modular algorithm architectures, camera interfaces, telemetry, command interfaces, and integration with core flight software.
• Work closely with avionics, embedded software, payload, and flight hardware teams to define camera, sensor, driver, API, communications, timing, synchronization, and data handling.
• Develop hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, and laboratory test capabilities that support repeatable validation of GN&C and VBN performance across representative sensors, compute hardware, and mission scenarios.
• Establish robust flight software engineering practices, including automated builds, static analysis, unit and integration testing, code coverage, regression testing, fuzz testing, continuous integration pipelines, configuration control, and acceptance-test planning.
• Contribute to the maturation of software toward safety-critical and human-spaceflight standards, including requirements traceability, verification planning, fault handling, deterministic behavior, and clear interface definitions.
• Mentor and technically guide less experienced engineers in software design, debugging, code review, testing strategy, and disciplined development practices.

Connaissances

Strong communication

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety-critical software practices

Formation

Bachelor's degree in a related technical field

Outils

C/C++

Rust

Embedded systems

Flight software frameworks

Hardware-in-the-loop testing

Description du poste

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking a senior software engineer to design, integrate, and test GN&C flight software for the MK2 Crew Lander. You will work with avionics, embedded software, and hardware teams to deliver robust, safety‑critical capabilities.

The role requires 8+ years in embedded, real‑time software and experience with C/C++ and Rust in aerospace contexts. You will mentor junior engineers and help establish CI pipelines, unit testing, and verification plans, while supporting mission