Autonomy Software Systems Engineer III - Glenn

Overview

Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ 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.
• Familiarity with systems engineering principles such as requirements decomposition, verification, validation, and configuration management for Model-Based Design.
• 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.

• Masters preferred.
• Experience in C++ and developing CI/CD pipelines in Git Lab is preferred.

Compensation Range for WA applicants is $99,201.00 - $. 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 a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off:
  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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