Senior SDN & Space Network Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

401(k) with company match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin's TeraWave team seeks a Software Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN to design routing, topology, and control planes for a multi-orbit satellite constellation. You will work with principal engineers to implement fast-reroute and telemetry for robust space communications.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in networks or distributed systems, expertise in SDN controllers, and knowledge of BGP/IS-IS/OSPF and SRv6.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Five+ years of software development experience for networks, distributed systems, or telecommunications.
• Experience implementing SDN controllers and programmable data planes (P4, OpenFlow).
• Experience building network solutions for wireless, cloud, or service provider environments.
• Experience developing software for mission-critical systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Develop routing solutions and topology management for time-varying LEO satellite constellations.
• Implement SDN frameworks with centralized and distributed control planes.
• Create self-healing network logic driven by real-time telemetry.
• Build observability components for packet-level visibility and flow tracing.
• Develop packet forwarding suitable for space, optimizing latency under power constraints.
• Collaborate with RF and Silicon teams for mobility across beams and satellites.

Skills

Networking architecture

SDN

Routing

Telemetry

Programmable data planes

BGP

IS-IS

OSPF

SRv6/SR-MPLS

L2/L3 switching

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

P4

OpenFlow

Job description

Blue Origin's TeraWave team seeks a Software Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN to design routing, topology, and control planes for a multi-orbit satellite constellation. You will work with principal engineers to implement fast-reroute and telemetry for robust space communications.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in networks or distributed systems, expertise in SDN controllers, and knowledge of BGP/IS-IS/OSPF and SRv6.