About The Position
Blue Origin’s Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering team supports the company’s mission of enabling people to live and work in space. Project Sunrise is a constellation of orbital data centers intended to transform how compute infrastructure is deployed. The Flight Dynamics & Conjunction Assessment Software Engineer will build software that supports the safety and orbital precision of the constellation, including systems that predict satellite trajectories, assess collision risk, and generate maneuvers to maintain a safe and stable constellation. The role involves developing scalable flight-dynamics and conjunction-assessment software, validating it through high-fidelity simulations, and contributing across the software lifecycle from algorithm development and prototyping through operational deployment and support. The engineer will work with GNC and ground software teams to integrate maneuver plans into operational workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience developing software for astrodynamics, flight dynamics, or a related domain.
- Strong understanding of orbital mechanics, state estimation, and trajectory modeling.
- Proficiency in a scientific or numerical computing language such as Python, C++, or MATLAB.
- Experience with data processing and analysis.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant field.
- Direct experience developing or operating a conjunction assessment system.
- Deep knowledge of orbit determination techniques and associated statistical methods.
- Experience working with space situational awareness data and tools, such as STK or GMAT.
- Familiarity with cloud computing environments such as AWS or GCP for large-scale data processing and simulation.
- Familiarity with conjunction and orbit data standards and orbital safety requirements, including CCSDS 508.0 (CDM), CCSDS 502.0 (ODM), NASA-STD-8719.14, the U.S. Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices, and FCC 47 CFR Part 25.
- A passion for building automated, reliable systems to solve complex and critical problems.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop software for high-precision orbit determination and prediction for a large-scale satellite constellation.
- Build and maintain an automated conjunction assessment system to screen for, track, and manage potential collision events.
- Implement and verify algorithms for maneuver planning and optimization to support collision avoidance and station-keeping.
- Develop high-fidelity simulations to validate flight-dynamics and conjunction-assessment software performance.
- Create data pipelines to ingest and process external data sources, including public satellite catalogs and space situational awareness feeds.
- Collaborate with GNC and ground software teams to integrate maneuver plans into operational workflows.
- Contribute throughout the flight-dynamics software lifecycle, from algorithm development and prototyping to operational deployment and support.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Basic and supplemental life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
- Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Relocation assistance available.
- Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
