Senior Satellite Flight Software Architect

BLUE ORIGIN; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 182,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Satellite Flight Software Engineer to architect, design, and implement robust flight software for the TeraWave constellation. The role focuses on scalable software frameworks, core services, C&DH, telemetry, health monitoring, and secure OTA updates across a large distributed space system.

You will collaborate with systems, avionics, GNC, and other engineering teams to translate requirements into dependable software components, while advancing verification, validation,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded software for spacecraft or other mission‑critical real‑time systems
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python
• Experience with RTOS‑based embedded software development with Embedded Linux, VxWorks, or QNX
• Experience architecting and implementing complex flight software or mission‑critical embedded software systems

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and integrate core flight software for a next-generation satellite platform
• Define scalable, reusable, and platform-independent flight software frameworks, services, and design patterns to support multiple spacecraft configurations and future growth
• Architect, develop, and evolve key flight software components including core services, command and data handling (C&DH), telemetry, health monitoring, and fault-management infrastructure
• Establish software architecture standards, coding guidelines, design patterns, and review practices to ensure maintainability, reliability, and mission readiness
• Partner closely with systems, avionics, GNC, communications, power, propulsion, thermal, payload, and autonomy teams to translate vehicle and subsystem-level requirements into robust software implementations
• Conduct software design reviews, code reviews, and technical trade studies related to performance, fault tolerance, redundancy, scalability, and portability
• Support software integration, verification, and validation in software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and other mission-representative test environments
• Develop and improve software engineering infrastructure including build systems, CI/CD pipelines, automated test frameworks, and debugging/diagnostic tools
• Contribute to technical documentation including software architecture descriptions, interface control documents, verification plans, and test procedures
• Design and implement secure OTA software update capabilities for spacecraft, including validation, authenticated delivery, rollback, version control, and safe deployment in mission‑critical on‑orbit environments
• Ensure flight software architecture and implementation incorporate cybersecurity principles such as secure communications, access control, interface hardening, and resilient software design

Skills

C/C++

Python

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Software architecture

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/aerospace or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

VxWorks

QNX

Embedded Linux

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Satellite Flight Software Engineer to architect, design, and implement robust flight software for the TeraWave constellation. The role focuses on scalable software frameworks, core services, C&DH, telemetry, health monitoring, and secure OTA updates across a large distributed space system.

You will collaborate with systems, avionics, GNC, and other engineering teams to translate requirements into dependable software components, while advancing verification, validation,