Autonomy Software Systems Engineer II – New Glenn Verified today

Role Overview

You will have end-to-end responsibility for a New Glenn autonomy software component through cross-functional systems engineering and data-driven testing. You will have a direct impact on the success of every launch.

New Glenn is 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams of controls engineers, subsystem designers, and operators to define autonomy software behaviors.
• Architect, document, and decompose design decisions into software requirements, verification activities, and validation activities.
• Support code reviews and validate software behavior through simulation data analysis, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing, and hardware testing.
• Develop and run data analysis pipelines.
• Drive autonomy software release readiness decisions by assessing autonomy changes for safety, performance, and stakeholder needs.
• Coordinate with Avionics teams to integrate autonomy software into flight and ground systems.
• Define procedures and command sequences to control the rocket for ground testing and operations.
• Triage, investigate, and resolve software issues using test data on an aggressive schedule.
• Rapidly develop tooling, scripts, and functions to address emergent issues.
• Provide real-time support for hot fire tests and missions in the support room.
• Push for process improvements with a sense of ownership and urgency.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience with technical design, analysis, or integrated testing of real-time or safety-critical software (e.g., aerospace, automotive, robotics).
• Proficiency with engineering physics, software engineering, and closed-loop control principles.
• Experience programming in Python.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of earning trust and driving teams to timely decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles such as requirements decomposition, verification, validation, and configuration management for Model-Based Design.
• Experience in C++ and developing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.

Compensation and Benefits

Base Pay Range for WA applicants: $99,201.00 - $138,880.35. Other site ranges may differ.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match up to 5%, Education Support Program, stock options for all regular employees (20+ hours/week), and up to four weeks paid time off per year plus up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Employment Requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required for all positions.