Autonomy Software Systems Engineer II – New Glenn Verified today
About New Glenn
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.
The Role
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 direct impact on the success of every launch.
Responsibilities
- Partner with 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%, and an Education Support Program. Stock options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week). Up to four weeks paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Employment Requirements
Applicants for employment at Blue Origin 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.
Blue's Standard Background Check is required for all positions.