Back-end Ground Software Engineer III - Lunar Permanence Verified today
About the role
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 to develop, test, and deploy software that enables Earth-based operators to perform mission-critical functions supporting Blue Origin operations.
What you will do
- Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software systems, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System supporting space flight operations
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including space vehicle systems, mission-control infrastructure, and operations to define software requirements, architectures, and designs
- Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks
- Coordinate with mission control infrastructure and system engineers to plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification to meet system requirements and safety-critical standards
- Produce 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 operations training events
- Support mission control software operations during operator training, ground data system verification 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
What you need
- 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
- 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 designing and implementing scalable software architectures
- Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix system administration
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- A willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks
Desired experience
- 3+ years developing software for critical applications (aviation, spaceflight, nuclear power, business-critical web services)
- Experience developing software for aerospace operations
- Familiarity 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 software system safety
- Compliance experience with NPR 7150.2x
- Experience with fault-tolerant software design, human error assessment, and fault tolerance
- Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software
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.
Compensation
Base pay range varies by location: Colorado applicants $150,931.00 - $211,303.05; Washington applicants $164,652.00 - $230,512.80. Other site ranges may differ.
Benefits
- 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)
- Up to four weeks paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance bonuses and other benefits dependent on role type and job level