Sr. Flight Software Engineer, Autonomous & Intelligent System Management - Space Systems Development

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

This position is part of the Space Systems Development (SSD) business unit. SSD develops next-generation concepts and systems to advance our future of living and working in space sustainably.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and technicians within the Space System Development (SSD) business unit, you will contribute to the design of the flight software for future space systems operating in orbital and deep space environment. Within a small, passionate, and accomplished team, you will contribute to developing fault tolerant flight software responsible for the overall command and control of a significant autonomous space system providing state-of-the-art space station services with Blue Origin Orbital Reef and NASA Commercial Destination Free Flyer (CDFF) program. This includes defining architectures and

requirements, cross-functional activities with subsystem stakeholders, and development and verification. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration, and your dedicated commitment and detailed attention will further the cause of safe spaceflight as we build a road to space. You will create and maintain artifacts for flight software designs and present infrastructure and application flight software designs at gated reviews. 

We are looking for engineers to apply their technical expertise, leadership

skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required. If you’re excited by solving novel problems, learning about interesting topics, and completing challenging activities, please apply!  

Responsibilities: 

Design and develop vehicle autonomous system management and fault management flight software  Support design and development of flight software functional architecture for orbital space system  Design and develop embedded computer vision software for autonomous proximity operations and docking  Evaluate, decompose, and create

requirements for safety-critical, real-time operating systems  Support trade studies for infrastructure, system and application embedded flight software architectures and implementations  Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define software concepts of operations, functions and

requirements, including proximity and docking fiducials  Author unit tests, documentation, and participate in design and code reviews  Integrate space system flight software components, create and run unit tests, validate on cross-platform software testbed Hardware-in-the-Loop and simulator environment  Define and implement intelligent system flight software engineering best practices and processes through edge deployment for embedded real-time execution  Present flight software designs at design and milestone reviews  Deliver flight software for milestone prototype demonstration  Support the integrated product manager to identify and track program and technical risk, develop and maintain schedule, resource al

location, and budget 

Minimum

Qualifications: 

B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics engineering or related engineering field 8+ years demonstrated industry

experience Breadth and depth of understanding of real-time embedded software development concepts  Demonstrated software development

skills in real-time embedded systems, particularly in C/C++ 

Experience in cross-platform development and deployment of software. 

Experience with real-time operating systems  Demonstrated hands-on and theoretical mastery of software, computational science and intelligent system principles, concepts, algorithms, and engineering beyond tool use  Demonstrated

experience with development of real-time embedded software systems performing long duration autonomous operations in changing environments  Advanced competency in both real-time embedded software control systems and application software engineering across the entire lifecycle   Demonstrated competency and

experience developing intelligent systems and computer vision software for real-time embedded systems at the edge  Highly skilled in both software architecture and computer architecture  Effective communication

skills   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. 

Preferred

Qualifications: 

M.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, robotics engineering or related engineering field Successful candidates typically have 10+ years of real-time embedded flight software design and development

experience.  Extensive

experience in autonomous system real-time embedded software development for aerospace, satellite, self-driving automotive, robotics, naval underwater vehicles, medical systems, or edge autonomous planning and scheduling systems.  Extensive

experience in full life cycle software development of real-time embedded system, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release. 

Experience with dynamic iterative development processes such as spiral model, agile, or incremental models   Ability to translate intelligent system concepts, architecture, and design to implementable software within the constraints of safety and mission critical real-time embedded systems in C/C++  Ability to implement advanced intelligent software not supported by prepackaged libraries 

Experience with prepackaged libraries such as OpenCV, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, Numpy, Python, scikit-learn 

Experience and knowledge with edge processing accelerator engines for computer vision and sensor fusion algorithms computation  

Experience with cross-platform development and testbed lab environments 

Experience developing safety and mission critical products adhering to software best practices and standards such as DO-178, NPR 7150.2, or other. 

Experience working effectively with cross-functional stakeholders 

Compensation range for on site CO applicants is $157,054-$219,875

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $170,805-$239,127

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $170,805-$239,127

Other Site Ranges May Differ

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requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past

experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an

Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility For

benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the

benefits available for this role.

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