Senior Flight Software Engineer

Blue Origin • Huntsville, 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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable. As part of a small leadership team you'll play a critical role in the architecture, development, integration and verification/validation of all the software for the New Glenn rocket system. This is a very hands-on role where your job will evolve alongside the lifecycle of the software used both on and off the vehicle. We're looking for a senior-level engineer, a leader with excellent technical and communication skills with extensive experience in Model Based Design (MBD) methodologies and formal methods for verifying and validating safety critical software to established military or commercial standards (e.g. DO-178C or similar). You'll be able to direct system-level aspects of the software design in order to ensure that we’re building a streamlined, verifiable software solution. A successful candidate has the skills to author the foundational planning documents for software teams to follow, as well as dive deep into technical areas to resolve issues as they arise in development, integration, or verification. Launch vehicles today are systems of software systems, and this is role is pivotal in qualifying that system for flight.

Requirements

• B.S. degree computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related technical discipline
• 7+ years relevant experience with verification/validation of safety critical software
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience in the full lifecycle development of aerospace systems, including requirement definition, design solution definition, implementation, integration, verification and validation, qualification, commissioning and operation
• Demonstrated experience with MATLAB and Simulink and autocoding methods
• Hands-on experience with embedded software testing and test development
• 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

• M.S. or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related technical discipline
• Able to identify problems, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
• Experience with aerospace vehicles (e.g., Boeing 787, 777x, Orion) and model based design (MBD) methodologies leading to certification of human spaceflight systems

Responsibilities

• Define and author the software development and verification plans
• Plan and execute the integrated software verification and validation program
• Define risk reduction integration methods in coordination with system engineering
• Monitor and approve system-level software tests
• Work with Guidance & Control engineers or systems engineers to develop testing solutions against system-level performance requirements.
• Participate in all aspects of integrated hardware/software system verification and validation including planning, execution, troubleshooting, issue resolution, documentation of results, and reviews
• Promote Design for Verification as a core principle of the development team
• Help establish the methods and processes necessary to qualify Simulink autocoded low level software requirements
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across the program and the company
• Collaborate with software development engineers and hardware simulation engineers to identify and resolve root causes of failures
• Generate metrics and trending for managing risk and communicating software readiness for flight operations

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%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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