Space-Grade Embedded Software Engineer II – BSP/SoC

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Washington state is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for the Lunar RF Systems group. You will design, implement, and verify embedded software for mission-critical spaceflight systems, collaborating with hardware engineers on FPGA, SoC, and microcontroller platforms.

The role focuses on BSP development, boot and fault-tolerance strategies, and extensive lab debugging with logic analyzers, JTAG, and oscilloscopes.

Qualifications

• BS in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in the field(s) above.
• Experience developing board support packages and applications for embedded Linux targets.
• Strong embedded software design and development skills in C/C++ with Linux (or similar) scripting experience.
• Strong debugging skills using cross HW/SW techniques and tools (GDB, XSDB, GRMON, Logic Analyzer, Protocol Analyzer, Wireshark).
• Strong background in computer architecture, memory buses, cache, DMA, CPU execution pipelines.
• Experience with version control systems (Git).
• Ability to work well in a team and independently with minimal direction.

Responsibilities

• Develop BSP software for new hardware, including driver development.
• Bare-metal or OS-level programming for hardware initialization, control, data processing, and networking/communication.
• Hands-on work with avionics hardware, including debugging with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and JTAG debuggers.
• Participate in design reviews with HW/SW partitioning considerations.
• Perform benchmark analysis and deploy benchmarking code to characterize hardware performance.
• Bring up HW accelerators in modern SoC devices (encoders/decoders/encryption engines/ISP cores).
• Scripting, Linux development, and hands-on work with development kits and sensor modules.
• Define and implement embedded SW interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, TCP/IP, UDP, GMSL, SpaceWire, CameraLink, Aurora, AXI, AMBA).
• Develop boot and SW-based fault-tolerance strategies.
• Create test plans and procedures and execute lab verification of boards.
• Publish internal memos, participate in design reviews, and review requirements.
• Willingness to learn new skills and tools.

Skills

Embedded Linux

C/C++

GDB

Logic Analyzer

Hands-on lab debugging

Education

BS in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related technical field

Master of Science preferred

Tools

Git

FPGA development

Job description

Blue Origin in Washington state is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for the Lunar RF Systems group. You will design, implement, and verify embedded software for mission-critical spaceflight systems, collaborating with hardware engineers on FPGA, SoC, and microcontroller platforms.

The role focuses on BSP development, boot and fault-tolerance strategies, and extensive lab debugging with logic analyzers, JTAG, and oscilloscopes.