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Blue Origin · 2 weeks ago

Spacecraft Software Systems Engineer II - Blue Ring (Top Secret Clearance Required)

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$99K/yr - $139K/yr

3+ years exp

Blue Origin is focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. They are seeking a Spacecraft Software Systems Engineer II to collaborate with various teams to define software and system requirements, analyze mission requirements, and generate MBSE artifacts for flight software and ground systems.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Blue Ring Flight and Ground Software Teams to define software and system requirements

Analyze mission requirements for multiple mission types and ensure accurate flow-down and traceability to software elements in the system architecture

Generate MBSE artifacts such as space vehicle States and Modes definitions, Operational Constraints, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, and behavior diagrams for flight software and ground system engineering efforts and interface design

Perform as a subject matter expert on spacecraft and ground system capabilities and constraints to support the definition of multiple candidate architectures for software interfaces to meet evolving customer needs for a growing set of mission types with a product line of spacecraft in development

Collaborate with the Blue Ring Flight and Ground Software Teams to define requirements across multiple programs, customers and missions

Analyze mission requirements for multiple mission types and ensure accurate flow-down and traceability to software elements in the system architecture

Support the derivation and allocation of requirements to lower levels of the system architecture to optimize the Blue Ring SW architecture

Qualification

Software EngineeringSystems EngineeringModel-Based Systems EngineeringSpacecraft OperationsSoftware DevelopmentSpacecraft Command & ControlSystem ArchitectureCollaboration ToolsProblem-SolvingCommunication Skills

Required

Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field

3+ years of related experience in one or a combination of the following: software engineering/software development, systems engineering, space-to-ground software design and/or interface definition

Prior experience developing or working with FSW development teams to implement satellite operational software

Familiarity with spacecraft operations, command & control, and/or spacecraft communications uplink and downlink technologies

Familiarity with, or experience in, Model-Based Systems Engineering, such as System Models and/or System Architecture diagrams

Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the 'Systems Engineering V'

Proven problem-solving skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Active US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance

Preferred

Spacecraft command & control software experience

Software or scripting language experience

Experience with MBSE/System Modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw, or Rhapsody

Familiarity with System Architecture frameworks such as the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF), Unified Architecture Framework (UAF), or NASA Space Mission Architecture Framework (SMAF)

Spacecraft to ground-system interface familiarity

Experience with spacecraft & ground system interface test requirements and use of Engineering Development Units (EDUs) for Unit and Integration testing

Experience across the product life cycle (pre-conceptual design through operational support)

Familiarity with spacecraft initialization and mission operations concepts

Experience with system requirements elicitation, derivation and allocation

Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA

Familiarity with formal risk and opportunity management processes

Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture or a related discipline