Autonomy Software Systems Engineer Sr – New Glenn
Blue Origin3 days ago
Base Salary
$157k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with controls engineers, subsystem designers, and operators to define autonomy software behaviors.
- Architect, document, and decompose designs into software requirements, verification activities, and validation activities.
- Support code reviews and validate software through simulation data analysis, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing, and hardware testing.
- Develop and run data-analysis pipelines and rapidly develop tooling, scripts, and functions for emergent issues.
- Drive autonomy software release-readiness decisions based on safety, performance, and stakeholder needs.
- Coordinate integration of autonomy software into flight and ground systems with avionics teams.
- Define procedures and command sequences for rocket ground testing and operations.
- Triage, investigate, and resolve software issues using test data.
- Provide real-time support for hot-fire tests and missions in the support room.
- Drive process improvements with ownership and urgency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
- 8–10 years of experience with technical design, analysis, or integrated testing of real-time or safety-critical software.
- Proficiency with engineering physics, software engineering, and closed-loop control principles.
- Familiarity with systems engineering principles including requirements decomposition, verification, validation, and configuration management for Model-Based Design.
- Experience programming in Python.
- Strong technical documentation skills and excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Preferred: master’s degree, experience with C++, and experience developing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.
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 scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Potential role- and level-dependent bonuses and other benefits, subject to company discretion.
- U.S. citizenship or national status, U.S. permanent residency, refugee status, or asylum status is required under export-control regulations; background checks are required.
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.