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!
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 role is a part of New Shepard, a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line - the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.
We are looking for a skilled, motivated engineer, with a focus on real-time embedded solutions, to help us build and test software that enables human spaceflight as part of the NS HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) team. As an expert Software Engineer, you will be a key member of a small team that participates in the full flight software life cycle. You will be a key technical contributor in avionics software development and verification, safety critical functions, and systems integration. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of design, implementation, construction, and deployment.
We value people who are ready to learn new things, beginning on the first day. We're looking for a teammate who will be committed, careful, and passionate about ensuring safe and reliable human spaceflight. We are a growing team and seek technical, initiative taking motivated engineers who desire to help us grow. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities
Develop test infrastructure software a to enable robust, real-time, safety-critical software systems
Support development of large-scale automated test systems used to verify autonomous flight and ground software
Provide contribution towards software development and integration testing efforts to integrate software components, create and run unit tests, and diagnose/troubleshoot software/hardware issues in an integrated system environment.
Contribute to production of technical documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans
Provide input to project managers to help plan, track progress and adjust scope to meet goals in agile operating rhythm.
Adapt software DevOps technologies to solve software automation problems
Promote deployment of common & streamlined process/procedures across software organization.
Actively work with product owner and scrum master to support sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum of a B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field
8+ years of proven software development experience or software leadership experience
Strong understanding of software engineering principles
Project management fundamentals, including planning, tracking progress, and adjusting scope to meet goals
The ability to quickly absorb information in an unfamiliar domain and translate it into software
Experience working in an engineering software team with a diverse user base
An internal drive to deliver high-quality results with the ability to seek out requirements and propose solutions
Solid communication skills; open to the opinions of others and willing to own and correct mistakes
Working knowledge of configuration management and source code management systems
Must be a U.S. citizen or national,