Senior Software Engineer - TeraWave
Blue Origin17 days ago
Base Salary
$165k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop multithreaded embedded software in C/C++ for Linux, RTOS, and bare-metal platforms hosted on multicore SoCs.
- Implement device drivers and management, control-plane, and data-plane functions for satellite RF transceivers, antenna systems, optical systems, customer terminals, and ground gateway terminals.
- Own a designated system area, lead feasibility studies and prototyping, and define extensible software architecture.
- Define strategies for scaling, fault tolerance, and recovery.
- Define performance KPIs and develop measurement and optimization methods for compute, memory, storage, network, and I/O resources.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate software with hardware systems.
- Contribute to technical documentation, code reviews, and system architecture decisions.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues using telemetry, logs, traces, code instrumentation, and software and hardware debugging tools.
- Champion embedded software testing and troubleshooting practices, including automated testing and data analysis automation.
- Lead delivery efforts and mentor software engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of embedded software development experience in C/C++ for Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal platforms.
- Strong proficiency in C++ object-oriented design and implementation.
- Hands-on embedded systems debugging experience using software and hardware tools such as JTAG, SWD, CoreSight, Lauterbach/Trace32, J-Link, and J-Trace.
- Experience developing applications using SPI, I3C, I2C, PCIe, and CAN peripherals.
- Experience with Linux networking and inter-core or interprocessor communications using high-speed data-plane interfaces such as Ethernet, Interlaken, and JESD.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Test-Driven Development.
- Experience leading software development teams and mentoring junior engineers.
- Experience with Agile or Scaled Agile development methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.
- Preferred: master’s degree or PhD in a relevant engineering or computer science field.
- Preferred: 7+ years of embedded software development experience for mission-critical systems.
- Preferred: experience with satellite communications, space-based networks, cellular wireless, or terrestrial telecommunications systems.
- Preferred: experience with software-defined radios, RF transceiver and antenna-system control, or optical transceivers such as ACOs and DCOs.
- Preferred: experience developing drivers for proprietary and merchant silicon, DSPs, mixed-signal processors, or modems.
- Preferred: experience with formal verification methods for safety-critical software and radiation-hardened computing environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
- Paid parental leave and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
- Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Onsite role in Greater Seattle, the Bay Area, or San Diego, with a temporary remote-work exception while the local site is developed.
- Relocation assistance is available.
- Travel may be required up to 10% of the time.
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.