Space-Edge Systems Software Engineer II

Blue Origin; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer for the PoP development team to build high-performance network edge software powering the TeraWave constellation.

The role focuses on Linux kernel and user-space networking, DPDK/VPP, and fast-path packet processing, with opportunities to work on SRv6, BGP/OSPF, and hardware offload drivers. Candidates should have solid C/C++, Rust, Linux systems programming, and a passion for mission-critical reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field.
• Expert-level proficiency in Rust, C or C++.
• Experience with Linux systems programming including threading, memory management, and interrupt handling.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance packet processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and FD.io VPP to power the TeraWave PoP Profile and optimize software for line-rate performance at 100G/400G.
• Implement and integrate IP routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and tunneling headers including SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.
• Develop drivers and software interfaces for hardware accelerators, SmartNICs, and FPGA-offload engines.
• Drive continuous performance benchmarking and optimization of packet forwarding pipelines.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Linux systems programming

Networking protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

DPDK

VPP

eBPF

Job description

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a Software Engineer for the PoP development team to build high-performance network edge software powering the TeraWave constellation.

The role focuses on Linux kernel and user-space networking, DPDK/VPP, and fast-path packet processing, with opportunities to work on SRv6, BGP/OSPF, and hardware offload drivers. Candidates should have solid C/C++, Rust, Linux systems programming, and a passion for mission-critical reliability.