Ground Software Development Engineer II - Lunar Permanence
Blue Origin3 days ago
Denver, CO, USA or Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$135k - $189k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, verify, and deploy safety-critical mission operations software supporting spaceflight ground systems.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary space vehicle, mission-control infrastructure, operations, and customer teams on software requirements, architectures, and designs.
- Develop rapid prototypes to validate concepts and quantify technical risks.
- Plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification activities.
- Create software architecture, design, verification, user manual, and training documentation.
- Support software maintenance, defect correction, improvements, ground data system certification, spacecraft integration, and flight operations.
- Integrate components and execute unit-level, system-level, Software-in-the-Loop, and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing before releasing certified code.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in software or an engineering-related field.
- At least 2 years of software development experience.
- Proven software development experience in Python and/or Rust.
- Willingness to work with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
- Experience across the full software lifecycle, including design, implementation, verification, integration, and release.
- Experience with build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
- Experience designing and implementing scalable software architectures.
- Familiarity with Linux and basic Unix system administration.
- Strong verbal and written communication and collaborative cross-functional work skills.
- Preferred experience includes critical-application or aerospace operations software, infrastructure-as-code, services-as-code, cloud technologies, CCSDS, cybersecurity, NPR 7150.2x compliance, fault-tolerant design, human-error assessment, and spacecraft subsystems.
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.
- Some roles and job levels may qualify for discretionary benefits or bonuses.
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.