Senior SDN & Network Software Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) with company match

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Software Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN to design and implement the network for a 5,408-satellite constellation. You will develop a dynamic, self-healing network with fast handoffs and strict power/latency budgets, collaborating with principal engineers on routing, traffic management, and resilience.

You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to innovative approaches in routing, control planes, and cross-layer optimization with RF and Silicon teams,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Five or more years of experience in software development for networks, distributed systems, or telecommunications.
• Experience implementing SDN controllers and programmable data planes such as P4, OpenFlow, or proprietary frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop routing solutions, topology management, and fast-reroute mechanisms for time-varying LEO satellite constellations.
• Implement SDN frameworks with centralized and distributed control planes across the constellation.
• Implement self-healing network logic with real-time telemetry driving automated congestion management and fault isolation.
• Develop observability components using in-band and out-of-band telemetry for packet-level visibility and flow-level tracing.
• Implement packet forwarding solutions that optimize latency and throughput under power constraints.

Skills

SDN

Routing

L2/L3 networking

Telemetry

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/EE

Master’s preferred

Tools

P4

OpenFlow

Proprietary frameworks

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Software Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN to design and implement the network for a 5,408-satellite constellation. You will develop a dynamic, self-healing network with fast handoffs and strict power/latency budgets, collaborating with principal engineers on routing, traffic management, and resilience.

You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to innovative approaches in routing, control planes, and cross-layer optimization with RF and Silicon teams,