Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Blue Origin3 days ago
Base Salary
$198k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software and firmware for microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGA-based control platforms.
- Implement low-level drivers, control interfaces, communication protocols, and real-time software for power electronics systems.
- Interface with ADCs, sensors, PWM modules, timers, gate drivers, and protection circuits.
- Implement sensor acquisition, scaling, filtering, calibration, diagnostics, and fault handling.
- Support real-time control execution for power converters, inverters, motor drives, and related power electronics applications.
- Develop and debug CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, and other embedded communication interfaces.
- Collaborate with hardware, controls, and power electronics engineers on board bring-up, integration, and validation.
- Debug timing, interrupt, ADC, PWM synchronization, communication, and fault-response issues.
- Perform software testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, laboratory validation, and documentation.
Requirements
- Experience developing embedded software or firmware for microcontrollers, DSPs, or FPGA-based systems.
- Strong C/C++ programming experience for real-time embedded systems.
- Understanding of ADCs, PWM generation, timers, interrupts, communication peripherals, and low-level hardware interfaces.
- Experience working with voltage, current, and temperature sensor data in embedded systems.
- Knowledge of real-time software design, debugging, and hardware/software integration.
- Ability to read schematics and collaborate with hardware engineers during board bring-up and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with embedded development tools, debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and laboratory equipment.
- Bachelor of Science in computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a similar engineering discipline.
- At least 7 years of relevant industry experience.
- Preferred qualifications include power electronics, power converters, inverters, motor drives, battery or renewable energy systems, DSP platforms, FPGA logic integration, VHDL/Verilog, control algorithms, fault detection, protection logic, diagnostics, safety-critical embedded systems, bootloaders, RTOS, device drivers, memory management, embedded software architecture, hardware-in-the-loop testing, automated testing, or production software validation.
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee under export control regulations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, a 401(k) company match of 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 weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- 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.