Principal Avionics Software Engineer

Company: Blue Origin
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionAs part of a small, passionate,and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, verifying re-usable software components and tools for various spaceflight systems. Together, our teams create the building blocks required to deliver on-board and ground software that monitors and controls fully autonomous spacecrafts. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration. Itwill require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.Responsibilities:* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to createcore frameworks,components,and tools, for safety critical,real-time,embedded softwarethatsupport control and diagnostics of human capable spacecraft,for both orbital and sub-orbital programs.* Define and develop verifiable requirements and software designs.* Write code to implement designs in C/C++/Python.* Design and write tests to assure code meets safety critical standards and functions.* Help guide the ecosystem around common software clients and tooling.* Guide development of hardware and software architectures supporting advanced spaceflight systems.* Be actively involved in tool development including infrastructure to support build, debugging, and deployment.Qualifications:* Minimum of a B.S. degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field.* 12+years of software development and testing experience including multi-threaded programming.* Demonstrable systems software development experience at the OS and Application software boundary.* Strong software development skills, particularly in C/C++.* Strong debugging skills at the software/hardware boundaryand real-time systems.* Familiarity and passion for software testing.* Hands-on experience with high level languages such as Python,Javaor C#.* Hands-on experience with Testing Frameworks and Continuous Integration pipelines.* Thrives in a team environment.Desired:* Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems, gaming systems, control systems, device drivers, or mobile devices.* Experience with safety-critical software development,* Experience working with and designing networking protocols.* Familiarity with sensors and actuators including GPS, accelerometers, gyros, pressure or temperature sensors.* Experience designing robust APIs and interfaces.* Hands-on experience with Linux, Docker, GNU toolchain,CMake, GitLab,Python, MATLAB/Simulink, real-time operating systems, serial communications, IP networking, and developing secure systems.Export Control RegulationsApplicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.Equal Employment OpportunityBlue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see and .Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.Affirmative Action and Disability AccommodationApplicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at .BenefitsEmployee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 5% company match.Paid Time Off: Provides up to 4 weeks per year, in addition to 14 holidays

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