Software Engineer II - New Glenn

Job Expired

Seattle, WA, United States

$115-177k

Full Time

a year ago

Job description

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 diverse 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 launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to Earth’s orbit and beyond. Engineered with a reusable first stage and a seven-meter payload fairing, New Glenn is building the road to space

As member of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will be instrumental in ensuring that the software taking New Glenn, its payloads and passengers are riding to space is safe, effective. We are responsible for understanding requirements and creating adversarial verification methods plans. Just as it is vital for space vehicles to be dependable, lean, and efficient, so to are our software development and verification methods. Together, we will be implementing CI pipelines, automating tests, and developing tools and methods to verify the correct usage of peripherals, memory, cache and timing for embedded systems.

Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build verification plans, frameworks, tools, and tests for safety critical, real-time, embedded software that support control and diagnostics of human capable spacecraft, for both orbital and sub-orbital programs.
Review and update software requirements and designs for verifiability.
Write code to verify software for various embedded environments in C, C++, and Python.
Design adversarial, requirements based, automated tests.
Develop tools and infrastructure to support efficient build, debugging, and deployment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Passion for getting people into space and back again safely.
Minimum of a B.S. degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field.
3+ years of software development and testing experience including experience with interrupts and multi-threaded programming.
Experience problem solving and debugging skills, particularly in C/C++.
Passion for adversarial software test.
Experience with formalized verification activities (Test cases, procedures, reports)
Dedication to collaborative interactions with software development teams while maintaining objectivity and independence.
Professional writing, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Familiarity with various communication protocols (ARINC664, IEEE 802.3, RS-422, SPI, 1553...)
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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands-on experience with Testing Frameworks and Continuous Integration pipelines.
Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems, vehicle or industrial control systems, gaming systems, device drivers, or mobile devices.
Experience with safety-critical software development per DO-178C or comparable standards.
Experience with hardware debug probes, static analysis and code coverage tools, and integration of such tools into automated verification processes.
Knowledgeable of DMA, MMUs, MPUs, L2 cache management
Familiarity with sensors and actuators including GPS, accelerometers, rate gyros, pressure or temperature sensors.
Hands-on experience with Linux, Docker, GNU toolchain, Python, C#, MATLAB/Simulink, real-time operating systems, serial communications, IP networking, or developing secure systems.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is

$115,290—$176,778 USD

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

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