MK2 Crew Lander GN&C Flight Software Engineer - Sr
Blue Origin1 day ago
Denver, CO, USA +2 moreSenior
Base Salary
$182k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Transition GN&C algorithms from prototype environments into performant, testable, flight-appropriate software implementations.
- Design, implement, integrate, and maintain MK2 Crew Lander GN&C flight software for navigation and computer vision capabilities.
- Develop image preprocessing, modular algorithm architectures, camera interfaces, telemetry, command interfaces, and core flight-software integrations.
- Define camera, sensor, driver, API, communications, timing, synchronization, and data-handling interfaces with hardware and avionics teams.
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, laboratory, simulation, and automated test capabilities.
- Establish automated builds, static analysis, unit and integration testing, code coverage, regression testing, fuzz testing, continuous integration, configuration control, and acceptance-test planning.
- Advance safety-critical software practices including requirements traceability, verification planning, fault handling, deterministic behavior, and clear interface definitions.
- Mentor and technically guide engineers in software design, debugging, code review, testing strategy, and disciplined development practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial embedded, real-time, robotics, aerospace, autonomous-system, or high-reliability software experience.
- Production-quality software development experience in C/C++ and Rust, including mixed-language environments.
- Experience integrating software with physical hardware, sensors, embedded compute systems, drivers, and communications interfaces.
- Experience designing software architectures, APIs, modular interfaces, and testable systems for complex technical products.
- Strong understanding of software verification, automated build and test pipelines, code review, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
- Ability to collaborate across algorithm, hardware, systems engineering, test, and software groups and communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs.
- Experience with GN&C, navigation, state estimation, sensor fusion, visual odometry, computer vision, terrain-relative navigation, robotics, or autonomous vehicles is preferred.
- Experience with cFS/cFE, flight software frameworks, real-time operating systems, spacecraft avionics, camera drivers, image acquisition, calibration, synchronized sensors, or hardware-in-the-loop testing is preferred.
- Familiarity with safety-critical development, requirements-based verification, qualification testing, mission assurance, fuzz testing, memory-safety analysis, static analysis, dependency management, and secure build pipelines is preferred.
- Experience with lunar, planetary, spacecraft, or human-spaceflight programs and senior technical mentoring is preferred.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted U.S. refugee or asylee.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) matching up to 5%, and an 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 based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Benefits and discretionary bonuses may vary by role type and job level and are not guaranteed.
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.