Ground Station Software Engineer III
Blue Origin11 days ago
Reston, VA, USA +2 moreSenior
Base Salary
$165k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop distributed software systems for ground station network operations and core infrastructure services.
- Test and integrate software systems running on commercial and internally developed hardware.
- Conduct post-mission analytics, evaluate network performance, identify optimization opportunities, and recommend system improvements.
- Architect secure software interfaces for telemetry, tracking and command systems and payload data transfer workflows with external customers.
- Create APIs and interface documentation for ground station command and control.
- Develop interactive web dashboards with real-time visualization capabilities.
- Design integration frameworks for third-party ground stations and external customer systems.
- Create automated workflow engines for routine operations, anomaly response, and autonomous sequences.
- Establish monitoring systems and configurable alerts for operational stability and network visibility.
- Collaborate with software, networking, and RF/DSP engineering teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience.
- At least 5 years of experience with Python, C++, or Rust.
- At least 5 years of experience working in Linux environments.
- Experience developing, testing, and maintaining production-quality software.
- Experience implementing software automation to reduce test time and automate operational features.
- Strong problem-solving, collaboration, resourcefulness, relationship-building, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to support end-to-end customer testing for internal programs and external clients.
- Preferred: proficiency in JavaScript and backend or full-stack application development.
- Preferred: at least 5 years of ground station or communications system operations experience.
- Preferred: AWS cloud infrastructure, API and RESTful service experience, generative AI software-development experience, TCP and UDP, Ansible, monitoring and observability tools, RF concepts, networking concepts, OSS/BSS integration, Salesforce, CRM workflow integration, and mission planning and operations systems experience.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.
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 are available to 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.
- Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for discretionary benefits and bonuses.
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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.