Senior Flight Software Engineer — TT&C - Project Sunrise – Orbital Data Centers
Blue Origin3 days ago
Huntsville, AL, USA +5 moreSenior
Base Salary
$182k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and verify flight software for the telemetry, tracking, and command subsystem.
- Develop and maintain device drivers and software interfaces for spacecraft radio transponders.
- Implement command decoding, validation, execution, telemetry collection, packetization, and data downlinking.
- Create and execute TT&C software test plans using commercial transponders and integrated flight-hardware lab environments.
- Collaborate with ground software and mission operations teams to ensure end-to-end communications compatibility and performance.
- Support on-orbit commissioning and troubleshooting of the TT&C subsystem.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of embedded software development experience.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills in real-time, resource-constrained RTOS or bare-metal environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing communication systems involving radio hardware, modems, or transponders.
- Experience writing low-level device drivers for interfaces such as SPI, I2C, or UART.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.
- Preferred qualifications include a relevant master’s degree or PhD, RF communications and digital signal processing expertise, spacecraft communication protocol experience, software-defined radio familiarity, lab-equipment experience, and knowledge of aerospace software assurance and embedded coding standards.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) with company matching up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock options are available to regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Relocation assistance is available.
- Travel may be required up to 10% of the time.
- Some employees may be eligible for discretionary benefits and bonuses based on role type and job level.
About Blue Origin
Blue Origin designs and manufactures rocket engines, reusable launch vehicles, and lunar transport systems for commercial and government customers. Its products include the suborbital New Shepard, the in-development New Glenn orbital rocket, BE-4 engines (used on ULA’s Vulcan), and the Blue Moon lander; revenue comes from launch services, engine supply, and space systems contracts, including a NASA Human Landing System award. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Kent, Washington.