Embedded Flight Software Engineer – New Glenn

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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a small, hard-working, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for designing, building, and continuously improving New Glenn’s avionics flight software and development tools, allowing us to launch and land rockets faster, cheaper, and better. Together, our forward-thinking team develops the avionics software and the tools that enable us to deliver safe and well-tested software to our vehicles.

We are looking for someone 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!

Responsibilities:

• Work on the BSP, drivers, middleware, and application software for New Glenn avionics boxes.
• Develop tools supporting development and testing of our avionics system.
• Participate in all software creation process activities including requirements, architecture, design, implementation, and testing.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of electrical, mechanical, aerospace and systems engineers.
• Learn a lot and have fun!

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Experience writing low level software, for example bare metal systems, kernel development, drivers.
• Strong C or C++ skills.
• Working knowledge of Python.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• 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.

Desired:

• Experience with real-time embedded and/or safety-critical software development and debugging.
• Understanding of communications protocols like TCP/IP, UART, SPI and others, packet formats and serialization.
• Experience developing software that directly interacts with hardware or programmable logic.
• M.S. degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $115,290-$161,406

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired 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.

Export Control Regulations

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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