Senior Ground Software Engineer, Lunar Ops

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 181,626 - 254,275; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Ground Software Engineer for the Lunar Permanence program to build, test, and integrate software enabling Earth-based operators to manage mission-critical functions for lunar spaceflight. You will work on mission operations centers, spacecraft integration, and flight software verification.

The role requires a strong background in Python or Rust, Linux, and full software lifecycle experience, with a passion for space exploration and collaboration across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in Software or Engineering related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Proven software development in Python and/or Rust.
• Willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
• Experience in full lifecycle software engineering (design, implementation, verification, integration and release).
• Skills in build automation, CI, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable software architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and Unix system administration.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations, safety-critical software systems, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System (hardware/software) supporting space flight operations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Coordinate with mission control infrastructure and engineers to plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification.
• Produce and contribute to documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manuals and training material.
• Follow software development processes to ensure software safety and reliability.
• Support frequent update cycles for pre-flight testing, mission validation exercises and events related to operations training.
• Support mission control software operations responsibilities during operator training; ground data system verification, validation, and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight.
• Integrate software components, build, and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.

Skills

Python

Rust

React

Linux

CI/CD

Software architecture

Systems engineering

Testing

Communication

Education

B.S. or higher in Software/Engineering

Tools

Git

Linux

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Ground Software Engineer for the Lunar Permanence program to build, test, and integrate software enabling Earth-based operators to manage mission-critical functions for lunar spaceflight. You will work on mission operations centers, spacecraft integration, and flight software verification.

The role requires a strong background in Python or Rust, Linux, and full software lifecycle experience, with a passion for space exploration and collaboration across engineering teams.