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Blue Origin · 2 weeks ago

Ground Software Engineer II - Blue Ring

Greater Seattle Area

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$135K/yr - $189K/yr

2+ years exp

Blue Origin is working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The Ground Software Engineer II will design, implement, and deploy mission operations software systems to support Blue Origin's space mission operations, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System.

AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software systems, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System (hardware/software) supporting Blue Origin space mission operations

Work with multiple teams, including engineers from fields like flight vehicle systems, mission control infrastructure, operations subject areas, and customers to define software requirements, architectures, and designs

Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks

Coordinate with systems infrastructure and system engineers to plan, develop, and verify, to ensure software products meet requirements and safety-critical standards

Produce user documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manual and training material

Follow software development processes that meet Blue Origin and customer-required standards to ensure software safety and reliability

Support frequent update cycles in support of pre-flight testing, mission validation exercises and operations training events

Support mission control software operations responsibilities (maintenance, defect correction, improvements) during operator training; ground data system verification, validation, and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight

Integrate software components, develop, and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code

Support in developing materials for software design, verification plans, user manuals, and training

Qualification

Software development experienceSoftware engineering lifecyclePythonLinux environmentRESTCloud TechnologiesTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Active Top Secret Clearance required

B.S. or higher degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

2+ years of software development experience

Experience in software engineering over the course of the full lifecycle of software development, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release

Experience in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment

Demonstrated software development skills in multiple software languages, with ability to implement in the language most appropriate to the problem-domain

Familiarity with Linux environment and comfortable with basic Unix system administration activities

Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and professional relationships

Preferred

Experience designing and developing ground software for space flight operations

Expertise developing complex application in Python

Experience with REST, Kafka, GRPC, web development and/or database development and interfaces

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Cloud Technologies

Familiarity developing software systems for one or more of the following applications and technologies: Telemetry data processing, fault monitoring, flight dynamics, Mission activity planning and scheduling

Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated subsystem software