Senior Space SDN Network Architect — TeraWave

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 249,000 - 348,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education support program

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for Network Architecture & SDN at TeraWave to contribute technical expertise in designing a dynamic, self-healing network for a 5,408-satellite multi-orbit constellation, with fast inter-satellite links and ground handoffs, while meeting power and latency budgets.

You will collaborate with principal engineers, implement SDN frameworks, real-time TE, and observability components, and guide junior engineers in networking best practices within a

Qualifications

• 8+ years in network engineering, distributed systems or telecom.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, SRv6/SR-MPLS in real networks.
• Experience with SDN controllers and programmable data planes.
• Solid packet processing, ASIC/FPGA forwarding and high-speed switching.
• Experience with wireless, cloud, or service provider networks.
• Excellent analytical and written/verbal communication skills.
• Experience in mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Implement designs for key components of the hybrid space-ground transport network.
• Develop routing solutions, topology management and fast-reroute for time-varying LEO constellations.
• Create capacity models translating RF link characteristics to network implementations.
• Implement SDN frameworks for centralized and distributed control planes.
• Develop real-time traffic engineering and policy enforcement for satellite payloads.
• Build programmable transport solutions for new protocols and features.
• Develop observability components using in-band and out-of-band telemetry.
• Implement self-healing network logic with telemetry-driven SDN control.
• Correlate flow-level data with link performance to optimize constellation efficiency.
• Collaborate with RF and Silicon teams to ensure mobility across beams and satellites.

Skills

BGP/IS-IS/OSPF

SRv6/SRv-MPLS

SDN design/architecture

High-speed switching

Network design & routing

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in CS/EE or related

Tools

SDN controllers

P4/OpenFlow

Job description

Blue Origin LLC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for Network Architecture & SDN at TeraWave to contribute technical expertise in designing a dynamic, self-healing network for a 5,408-satellite multi-orbit constellation, with fast inter-satellite links and ground handoffs, while meeting power and latency budgets.

You will collaborate with principal engineers, implement SDN frameworks, real-time TE, and observability components, and guide junior engineers in networking best practices within a