Flight Software Lead: Embedded

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

As part of a hardworking team, you will contribute to the design of flight software for future space vehicles. You will be responsible for leading the team tasked with developing fault-tolerant flight software responsible for the overall command and control of an autonomous space vehicle. This includes defining architectures and requirements, coordination of team activities, and leadership of development and verification planning.

These positions will directly impact the history of space exploration, and your dedicated commitment and detailed attention will further the cause of safe and repeatable spaceflight. You will create and maintain drawings and diagrams for power distribution, system grounding and bonding.

Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

• Lead the development of application software requirements in coordination with systems engineering and subsystem owners

• Evaluate, decompose, and create requirements for safety-critical, real-time operating systems

• Lead trade studies on platform software architecture and implementation

• Guide and mentor junior engineers in software development practices

• Oversee the authoring of unit tests, documentation, and lead code reviews

• Direct the development and implementation of subsystem applications and fault management for various space vehicles

• Collaborate with the vehicle Fault Management and Autonomy Lead to establish integrated vehicle autonomous behaviors, modes, and states

• Provide technical leadership for the team developing vehicle and subsystem management applications

• Oversee efforts to integrate application flight software components, create and run unit tests, validate on Hardware-in-the-Loop and simulation environments

• Partner with the integrated product manager to identify and track program and technical risk, develop and maintain schedule, resource allocation, and budget

• Establish and implement software development best practices

• B.S. degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field, or equivalent experience

• Advanced understanding of software development concepts and methodologies

• Significant experience in defining and/or verifying low-level software structure, inter-process communication, and scheduling

• Proven software development skills in real-time embedded systems, particularly in C/C++

• Demonstrated leadership in build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, deployment of software

• Advanced debugging skills at the software/hardware boundary

• Thorough knowledge of NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standard

• Successful candidates typically have 8+ years of software development experience

• Experience leading teams in full life cycle software development of real-time embedded systems, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and releasing

• Experience directing safety critical product development utilizing NPR 7150.2, DO-178, or other safety-critical software standard

• Expertise with Embedded Linux or equivalent real-time operating systems

• Experience managing integrated hardware-in-the-loop lab environments

• Proven track record working on avionics, satellite, or space flight systems

Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $ - $

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