Director - TeraWave PoP Infrastructure

Director, Tera Wave PoP (Point of Presence) Infrastructure

Lead the strategic design, delivery, and operational success of next‑generation networking infrastructure.

• Strategic Leadership: Define and own the multi‑year technical roadmap for our PoP infrastructure. Translate high‑level mission goals into actionable architectural strategies, balancing performance, reliability, and cost.
• Organizational Scaling: Build, mentor, and lead a high‑performing team of engineers and managers. Foster a culture of technical rigor, continuous learning, and "infrastructure as code" principles.
• Architectural Oversight: Partner with Principal Engineers to ensure the underlying networking architecture (DPDK/VPP‑based fast paths and IP networking stacks like BGP/OSPF) meets our performance requirements. Make high‑level trade‑off decisions across cross‑functional domains.
• Operational Excellence: Drive the operational strategy for five‑nines reliability. Implement observability, automated remediation, and testing frameworks that ensure our infrastructure can scale globally.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Act as the primary liaison between the PoP team and partner organizations (RF, satellite systems, and ground stations). Define clear interfaces and align engineering timelines across the program.
• Performance Advocacy: Instill a culture where performance bottlenecks are treated as systemic challenges to be systematically solved, influencing hardware‑software interface decisions for the entire Tera Wave program.

• Leadership
  
  Experience:
  
  10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years managing managers or leading large, complex engineering organizations.
• Networking Expertise: Deep technical foundation in high‑performance networking, Software Defined Networking and L2/L3 protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS).
• Technical Vision: Demonstrated ability to lead the design and implementation of large‑scale, distributed infrastructure projects that require sub‑millisecond precision.
• Strategic Mindset: Proven ability to manage budgets, set organizational goals, and align technical work with business and program objectives.
• Collaborative Spirit: Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence cross‑functional executives, Principal Engineers, and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Direct experience with DPDK, VPP, or Linux kernel networking stack optimizations.
• Experience building and operating critical infrastructure for Tier‑1 ISPs, cloud providers, or massive‑scale distributed constellations.
• Understanding of hardware‑software co‑design and performance engineering.
• A strong passion for the Blue Origin mission and the future of space exploration.

Washington applicants: $ - $.

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or granted asylum.

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  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if the role requires presence on a military installation.
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• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability, 401(k) with up to 5% company match, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Paid Time Off:
  Up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 company‑paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for additional benefits and bonuses based on company discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change.

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