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Spacecraft Software Systems Engineer II - Blue Ring (Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance Required) Verified today

Blue Origin · Seattle, WA · Software · first seen 2026-09-03
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About this role

You will work within the Mission Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test team in Blue Origin's In-Space Systems business unit, which focuses on space infrastructure and on-orbit mobility. You will partner with the Flight Software Architect and cross-functional teams to define system-level software requirements, allocations, and implementation approaches for spacecraft and ground systems.

What you will do

  • Collaborate with Blue Ring Flight and Ground Software Teams to define requirements across multiple programs, customers and missions
  • Analyze mission requirements for multiple mission types and ensure accurate flow-down and traceability to software elements in the system architecture
  • Support derivation and allocation of requirements to lower levels of the system architecture to optimize Blue Ring software architecture
  • Generate MBSE artifacts including space vehicle States and Modes definitions, Operational Constraints, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, and behavior diagrams for flight software and ground system engineering
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on spacecraft and ground system capabilities and constraints to support multiple candidate architectures for software interfaces and meet evolving customer needs

Minimum qualifications

  • B.S. degree in engineering or equivalent technical field
  • 3+ years of related experience in software engineering, software development, systems engineering, or space-to-ground software design and interface definition
  • Prior experience developing or working with flight software development teams on satellite operational software
  • Familiarity with spacecraft operations, command and control, and spacecraft communications uplink and downlink technologies
  • Familiarity with or experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering, such as System Models and System Architecture diagrams
  • Understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and the Systems Engineering V
  • Proven problem-solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Active US Government Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Clearance required to start

Desired qualifications

  • Spacecraft command and control software experience
  • Software or scripting language experience
  • Experience with MBSE/System Modeling tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Enterprise Architect, MagicDraw, or Rhapsody
  • Familiarity with System Architecture frameworks such as Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF), Unified Architecture Framework (UAF), or NASA Space Mission Architecture Framework (SMAF)
  • Spacecraft to ground-system interface familiarity
  • Experience with spacecraft and ground system interface test requirements and Engineering Development Units (EDUs) for Unit and Integration testing
  • Experience across the product life cycle from pre-conceptual design through operational support
  • Familiarity with spacecraft initialization and mission operations concepts
  • Experience with system requirements elicitation, derivation and allocation
  • Knowledge of collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA
  • Familiarity with formal risk and opportunity management processes
  • Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture or a related discipline

Compensation

For Washington applicants: $99,201.00 - $138,880.35 annually. Other site ranges may differ.

Location and relocation

Greater Seattle Area. Relocation provided.

Employment terms

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin 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.