Devops Software Engineer - II

BLUE ORIGIN • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

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! This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will design and build the test assets for our Lunar Lander. The test assets will provide an environment to integrate the avionics for system development, verification, and validation. This will include developing, maintaining, and deploying software simulations and hardware emulators. The role will also include verifying, debugging, and fixing software used to take the next humans to the moon. This particular role is to develop and maintain the deployment infrastructure needed for our avionics development and testing environments. The role will also act as a systems administrator for these systems, ensuring up time and user access. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code environments (Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
• Advanced proficiency with Linux and other Unix-style operating systems
• Advanced proficiency with CI/CD tools: Gitlab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
• Experience with higher-level programming languages such as Python, Java, or C#

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in a fast paced startup culture
• Experience in large multi-domain codebases
• Experience interfacing with microservice backends
• Experience with IP networking
• Experience with communications protocol: RS-232, UDP, CAN, or similar
• Recent experimentation in Agentic software interfaces (MCP)
• Experience with distributed simulation implementation standards such as HLA or DIS
• Experience with DO-178, NPR-7150, or similar guidelines

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an Infrastructure as Code and Over the Air Update system (IaC and OTAU)
• Program in Gitlab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform (or OpenTofu), Kubernetes, Vagrant, etc.
• Deploy testing software and avionics software across local prem and cloud
• Support the installation of flight avionics, operator consoles, and test equipment to verify the requirements and performance of flight software
• Support problem investigation and resolution of test assets and avionics systems
• Participate in the requirements, design, and architecture of testing systems
• Establish and follow software development processes to ensure test equipment software is reliable, released and configuration managed

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) 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 benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.
• Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level