Software Application Engineer I - Early Career 2025 University Grad

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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!  

We are collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. 

What you can expect: 

• We are hiring for multiple positions available across our Business Units. You will be matched with an appropriate engineering team based on your skillset and experience and our current business needs.  

• Specialized early career development opportunities and mentorship during your first year. 

• Meaningful work! You’ll be contributing directly to top company goals. 

• We’ll support you with your move! Relocation is provided. 

• Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until positions are filled. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:  

• Your projects may include designing, building, and maintaining software applications and their components. 

• Based upon your placement, your work may involve many aspects of applied software development, requirement analysis, code development, testing, collaboration, documentation, and system integration.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build verification plans, frameworks, tools, and tests for safety critical, real-time, embedded software that support control and diagnostics of human capable spacecraft, for both orbital and sub-orbital programs.  

• Review and update software requirements and designs for verifiability.  

• Write code to verify software for various embedded environments in C, C++, and Python.  

• Design adversarial, requirements based, automated tests.  

• Develop tools and infrastructure to support efficient build, debugging, and deployment.  

Qualifications  

• 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.  

• Minimum of a BS Degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field. 

• Will have earned their degree within the last year and able to start by Fall 2025.

Experience with:  

• Software development skills, particularly in C/C++, Python, or C#/Java.   

• Problem solving and debugging skills, particularly in C/C++.  

• Experience with formalized verification activities (Test cases, procedures, reports) .

• Collaborative interactions with software development teams while maintaining objectivity and independence.  

• Relevant internship/co-op and/or hands-on experience that demonstrate development of both technical skills as well as leadership qualities