Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Blue Origin2 months ago
Base Salary
$231k - $323k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead coding, testing, and validation of vehicle-control software.
- Manage software field deployments and provide on-site and remote customer support.
- Derive and own software system requirements and schedules with stakeholders.
- Evaluate and improve system designs with a focus on robust autonomy.
- Collaborate with scientists, engineering managers, product management, and program management to develop products from concept through production.
- Write requirements and specification documents.
- Own the onboard classical perception and navigation capability from concept through field testing and flight operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- More than 10 years of hands-on software development experience for embedded platforms.
- Proficiency developing bare-metal applications in C/C++.
- Background in spaceflight avionics applications.
- Experience applying testing frameworks and conducting unit tests.
- Experience writing drivers for various sensors.
- Basic understanding of electromechanical systems, including motors, actuators, and controls.
- Experience creating autonomous safety-critical fault-recovery code and reliable software architectures for critical systems.
- Proficiency with Git version control.
- Understanding of Ethernet, USB, asynchronous serial, CAN, SPI, and I2C communication protocols.
- Familiarity with automated testing methodologies and continuous integration practices.
- Familiarity reading circuit schematics and performing basic hardware debugging.
- Preferred: experience operating remotely controlled missions with large latencies and working with GDS or other C2 systems.
- Preferred: familiarity with vision-based autonomy, hazard avoidance, localization, vehicle software, sensors, and camera systems.
- Preferred: proficiency building maintainable multithreaded and multiprocess applications in an RTOS environment and skilled Python scripting.
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 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.
- Employees may be eligible for role- and level-dependent benefits and bonuses.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, refugees, or asylees under export-control requirements.
- A standard background check is required; additional checks may apply for certain job profiles.
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.