Senior Network and Platform Software Engineer
Blue Origin5 days ago
Cupertino, CA, USA or Seattle, WA, USASenior
Base Salary
$249k - $348k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design Linux platform infrastructure, including process management, custom initialization systems, and inter-process communication frameworks.
- Develop Linux kernel modules and device drivers for custom hardware and platform requirements.
- Modify kernel subsystems to improve scheduling, memory management, and I/O performance for embedded satellite systems.
- Bring up hardware prototypes with silicon, electrical, and RF teams and optimize kernels for custom SoCs.
- Debug system-level performance issues, minimize context switching, and tune networking for satellite links.
- Implement secure boot, runtime security monitoring, and hardware-backed credential management.
- Own the software lifecycle from architecture and development through deployment aboard LEO satellites.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related STEM discipline, or 10+ years of software development experience.
- At least 8 years of C or C++ experience in Linux or embedded environments.
- Deep Linux kernel knowledge, including driver development, memory management, and system-level debugging.
- Experience with GDB, perf, and eBPF.
- Experience with Buildroot, Yocto, Bazel, or comparable build systems.
- U.S. citizenship or nationality, U.S. permanent residency, or lawful admission as a refugee or asylee is required.
- Preferred qualifications include large-scale distributed systems or device-fleet infrastructure experience.
- Preferred qualifications include Rust or Python systems tooling and automation experience.
- Preferred qualifications include TCP/IP, UDP, Ethernet, Linux networking, and custom routing protocol knowledge.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with mission-critical aerospace, automotive, medical, or similarly high-reliability systems.
- Preferred qualifications include assembly-level troubleshooting and hardware-level diagnostics.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) with up to a 5% company match, 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.
- Role- and level-dependent benefits and bonuses may be available, subject to company discretion and change.
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.