Sr. Back-end Ground Software Engineer - 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. Working closely with space vehicle and ground subsystem teams, you will develop, test, and deploy software that enables Earth-based operators to perform mission-critical functions, including flight/ground system integration and testing, mission activity planning, telemetry data processing and display, spacecraft system and health monitoring, fault detection, and operations training.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations and safety-critical software systems for ground systems supporting space flight operations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including space vehicle systems, mission-control infrastructure, operations, and other customers to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Coordinate with mission control infrastructure and mission system engineers to plan, develop, and lead system verification and qualification to ensure software meets 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 validation, spacecraft integration, and flight.
• Integrate software components, build and run unit and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in Software or Engineering related field.
• 8 or more years of software development experience.
• Proven software development in Python and/or Rust.
• Experience in full lifecycle software engineering: system design, software implementation and verification, system integration, and release.
• Skills in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable software architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix system administration activities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to work and integrate with frontend developers and React-based frameworks.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.

Desired Qualifications

• 5 or more years of proven ability developing software for critical applications such as aviation, spaceflight, nuclear power, or business-critical web services.
• Experience crafting and 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 the safety of software systems.
• Compliance experience with NPR 7150.2x.
• Experience with fault-tolerant software design, human error assessment, and human error prevention.
• Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software.

Compensation and Location

Base pay range for Colorado applicants: $181,626.00 to $254,275.35 annually. Base pay range for Washington applicants: $197,529.00 to $276,539.55 annually. Other site ranges may differ.

Employment Terms

U.S. citizenship or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum is required. Standard background check required. This is a full-time position.