Senior Space Systems Validation & Test Automation Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 198,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Stock options

Paid Time Off

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle area is seeking a Senior Validation and Test Automation Engineer to lead Python-based test automation for RF and optical subsystems on TeraWave satellite payloads, customer terminals, and ground gateways.

You will design scalable automation frameworks, own system verification from prototype to qualification, and collaborate across RF, optical, embedded software, firmware, and network teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing Python software for test automation, system integration, or verification.
• Strong proficiency in Python including object-oriented design, packaging, type annotations, and testing.
• Experience designing automated test frameworks with pytest or Robot Framework.
• Hands-on experience with Linux-based test environments and interfaces (Ethernet, TCP/IP, serial, REST, gRPC, SCPI, VISA).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and test data analysis using NumPy, pandas, SciPy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or eligible status.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python-based test automation for RF and optical subsystems on satellite payloads.
• Build reusable automation frameworks with fixtures, plugins, device abstractions, and APIs for system control and telemetry.
• Own integration and verification for a designated system area from prototype to qualification.
• Lead development of Agentic-AI automation framework, use cases and failure models.
• Integrate RF transceivers, antenna systems, optical terminals, embedded software, firmware, and network interfaces.
• Develop automated software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, subsystem, and end-to-end tests for functionality, performance, fault recovery, and regression coverage.
• Automate laboratory equipment using SCPI, VISA, Ethernet, serial, or vendor APIs.
• Define and measure system KPIs such as EVM, bit-error rate, throughput, latency, link margin.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

pytest

Robot Framework

Git

CI/CD

NumPy

pandas

SciPy

SCPI

VISA

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle area is seeking a Senior Validation and Test Automation Engineer to lead Python-based test automation for RF and optical subsystems on TeraWave satellite payloads, customer terminals, and ground gateways.

You will design scalable automation frameworks, own system verification from prototype to qualification, and collaborate across RF, optical, embedded software, firmware, and network teams.