Senior Space Vehicle Software Systems Integrator

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a senior software verification engineer to lead architecture, development, integration, and validation of flight software for the New Glenn rocket system. You will author plans, guide MBd approaches, and ensure verifiable software for flight-readiness.

You will work on a hands-on role evolving with the software lifecycle, collaborating with systems and hardware teams to meet stringent safety and certification standards.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years relevant experience with verification/validation of safety critical software.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience in the full lifecycle development of aerospace systems including requirement definition, design, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning and operation.
• Demonstrated experience with MATLAB and Simulink and autocoding methods.
• Hands-on experience with embedded software testing and test development.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Define and author the software development and verification plans.
• Plan and execute the integrated software verification and validation program.
• Define risk reduction integration methods in coordination with system engineering.
• Monitor and approve system-level software tests.
• Work with Guidance & Control engineers or systems engineers to develop testing solutions against system-level performance requirements.
• Participate in all aspects of integrated hardware/software system verification and validation including planning, execution, troubleshooting, issue resolution, documentation of results, and reviews.
• Promote Design for Verification as a core principle of the development team.
• Help establish the methods and processes necessary to qualify Simulink autocoded low level software requirements.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across the program and the company.
• Collaborate with software development engineers and hardware simulation engineers to identify and resolve root causes of failures.
• Generate metrics and trending for managing risk and communicating software readiness for flight operations.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

Safety-critical V&V

Communication skills

Education

B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering

MS/PhD in related field (desirable)

Tools

Autocoding methods

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a senior software verification engineer to lead architecture, development, integration, and validation of flight software for the New Glenn rocket system. You will author plans, guide MBd approaches, and ensure verifiable software for flight-readiness.

You will work on a hands-on role evolving with the software lifecycle, collaborating with systems and hardware teams to meet stringent safety and certification standards.