Senior Ground Software Engineer — Spaceflight Ops

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Interviews will include a technical 1

Job summary

Blue Origin in Denver is seeking a Ground Software Engineer to design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software for the Ground System that supports space mission operations. You will collaborate with flight vehicle, mission control, and operations teams to define software requirements and architectures.

This role involves developing rapid prototypes, ensuring safety-critical standards, producing documentation, supporting pre-flight testing and training, and releasing

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software development experience
• Experience in software engineering over the course of the full lifecycle of software development, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release.
• Experience in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment
• Demonstrated software development skills in multiple software languages, with ability to implement in the language most appropriate to the problem-domain
• Familiarity with Linux environment and comfortable with basic Unix system administration activities.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and professional relationships.
• Active Top Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software systems, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System (hardware/software) supporting Blue Origin space mission operations.
• Work with multiple teams, including engineers from fields like flight vehicle systems, mission control infrastructure, operations subject areas, and customers to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Coordinate with systems infrastructure and system engineers to plan, develop, and verify, to ensure software products meet requirements and safety-critical standards.
• Produce user documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manual and training material.
• Follow software development processes that meet Blue Origin and customer-required standards to ensure software safety and reliability.
• Support frequent update cycles in support of pre-flight testing, mission validation exercises and operations training events.
• Support mission control software operations responsibilities (maintenance, defect correction, improvements) during operator training; ground data system verification, validation, and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight.
• Integrate software components, develop, and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.
• Support in developing materials for software design, verification plans, user manuals, and training

Skills

8+ years of software development

CI/CD

Multi-language development

Linux familiarity

Security clearance

Education

BS or higher in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

REST

Kafka

GRPC

Web development

Database development

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud technologies

Job description

Blue Origin in Denver is seeking a Ground Software Engineer to design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software for the Ground System that supports space mission operations. You will collaborate with flight vehicle, mission control, and operations teams to define software requirements and architectures.

This role involves developing rapid prototypes, ensuring safety-critical standards, producing documentation, supporting pre-flight testing and training, and releasing