Back-end Ground Software Engineer III Lunar Permanence

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were 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 a Ground Software Engineer in Blue Origins Lunar Permanence program you will help build test and integrate the software required for the Lunar Permanence Mission Operations Centers used to fly lunar space vehicles. You will work closely with space vehicle and ground subsystem teams. You will be responsible for developing testing and deploying software that will enable Earth-based operators to perform mission-critical functions supporting Blue Origin operations including flight/ground system integration and testing mission activity planning telemetry data processing and display spacecraft system/health monitoring and fault detection and operations training.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission is required!

Responsibilities:

• Design implement test verify and deploy mission operations safety-critical software systems ensuring the success of the overall Ground System (hardware/software) supporting space flight operations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including engineers representing space vehicle systems mission-control infrastructure operations fields and other customers to define software requirements architectures and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Coordinate with mission control infrastructure and mission system engineers to plan develop and lead system verification and qualification to ensure software products that meet system requirements and safety-critical standards.
• Produce and contribute to documentation for software architecture design verification plans user manuals and training material.
• Follow software development processes that meet Blue Origin and customer-required standards to ensure software safety and reliability.
• Support frequent update cycles for pre-flight testing mission validation exercises and events related to operations training.
• Support mission control software operations responsibilities (maintenance problem correction improvements) during operator training; ground data system verification validation and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight.
• Integrate software components build and run unit-level and system-level tests validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators and release certified code.

Qualifications:

• B.S. or higher degree in Software or Engineering related field.
• 5 years of software development experience.
• Proven software development in Python and/or Rust.
• A willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
• Experience in full lifecycle software engineering. Including: system design software implementation and verification system integration and release.
• Skills in software build automation continuous integration configuration management verification and deployment.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable software architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix system administration activities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Desired:

• 3 years of proven ability in developing software supporting systems in critical applications (e.g. aviation spaceflight nuclear power business-critical web services etc.).
• Experience crafting and developing software for aerospace operations.
• Familiar with infrastructure-as-code services-as-code and cloud technologies.
• Understanding of space-based communications protocols such as CCSDS.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices to ensure the safety of software systems.
• Compliance experience with NPR 7150.2x.
• Experience with fault-tolerant software design human error assessment and human error prevention and fault tolerance.
• Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software.

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Benefits

• Benefits include: 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 companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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