Sr. Software Engineer, Payload Platform (BSP & Fabric), Project Sunrise
Blue Origin3 days ago
Base Salary
$198k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and own the Board Support Package for accelerator compute modules, including bootloader, Linux kernel bring-up, device drivers, high-speed interconnect enumeration, and hardware abstraction layers.
- Lead software bring-up and validation of the high-speed compute fabric, including fabric management configuration and GPU-to-GPU collective communication validation.
- Implement in-flight health monitoring for accelerator temperatures, ECC error rates, power draw, and interconnect performance.
- Design and manage automated recovery mechanisms for radiation-induced soft errors and system resilience.
- Define and maintain API boundaries between platform software, inference runtime, and job orchestration layers.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 6 years of embedded Linux Board Support Package or low-level platform software development experience.
- Direct hands-on experience bringing up and validating accelerator hardware such as GPUs or TPUs.
- High proficiency in C/C++ and Python for embedded systems.
- Familiarity with GPU programming models such as CUDA or ROCm and collective communication libraries such as NCCL or RCCL.
- Experience debugging hardware at the driver or firmware layer in environments with limited observability.
- U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee status.
- Master’s or Ph.D., 10+ years of experience, fabric management for large-scale accelerator clusters, pre-silicon emulation, FPGAs, early-stage reference hardware, and high-reliability or fault-tolerant systems experience are preferred.
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 employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on role type and job level; bonus amounts and eligibility 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.