Software Configuration Management Engineer (R38041)

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 Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers, you will facilitate software configuration management and control for various spaceflight systems. You will provide essential contributions to the team’s impact on all aspects of software configuration management for each phase of the development lifecycle. You will be expected to lead software design integration within the overall vehicle configuration. You will coordinate regular configuration reviews to align software development and change activities, including code, requirements and software version control. Other duties will include guiding multi-functional teams through the software change process; supporting the resolution of integration issues with lead engineers and their respective teams; and developing or managing control documents associated with interface definitions between subsystems. Setting up, leading Change Control Board Meetings, managing configuration management tools and processes, as well as training team members will also be included in your basic responsibilities.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

For this role, you should have an understanding of:

• Software configuration identification
• Software baselines and release processes
• Archival and retrieval of historical releases
• Traceability between software artifacts
• SW/HW integration,
• Problem reporting, including tracking of problem reports against specific baselines/releases
• Corrective actions for problem reports
• Change control
• Preferred familiarity w/ both Subversion and Git version control systems
• Familiarity w/ change control boards (CCBs)
• Change review, including code and software requirement reviews
• Configuration status accounting
• Data control categories (e.g. CC1 vs. CC2)
• Software load control
• Software lifecycle environment control

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the team adheres to the configuration management standard methodologies as well as Blue Origin configuration management standards
• Supporting process of developing system requirements, flow down, and verification planning
• Ensuring that the configuration supports major design reviews and the integration landmarks
• Maintaining and reporting on development activities and technical issues
• Clear communication and collaboration with all development teams involved on projects
• Collaboration across organizations, leading by influence.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in engineering and 5+ years proven ability in aerospace, medical devices, automotive, or other related industry.
• Experience with the software development lifecycle and associated configuration management processes used for highly integrated and complex products
• Demonstrated configuration control experience on recently developed products from early trade studies through final design and into manufacturing and test, maintenance and sustaining.
• Familiar with DO-178C (or B)
• Management of multiple configuration variants of a common design baseline.
• Management of changes to an operating system with varying effectivity across multiple products
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to our inclusive culture
• 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:

• Experience with PTC Windchill PLM tools
• Knowledge of current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies

Inclusivity Statement

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