Software Developer III

Blue Origin - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Software Developer III position at Blue Origin involves supporting the development and operations of the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. This role is crucial for ensuring safe and repeatable space flight, requiring collaboration with various teams to design, implement, verify, and integrate mission-critical software for autonomous spacecraft and ground systems. The position emphasizes a commitment to quality and safety in the context of human spaceflight.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal stakeholders to define requirements, dependencies, and schedule needs associated with delivering systems
• Define and develop verifiable requirements and software designs
• Write code to implement designs in C/C++
• Design and write tests to assure code meets safety critical standards and functions
• Support hardware/software and system integration activities

Requirements

• Minimum of B.S. in electrical or software engineering or related field, or equivalent years of professional experience (typically 3+)
• 2+ years of (additional) professional software development experience
• Experience developing software in C / C++ and Python
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Passion for hands-on problem solving and software integration and test
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs
• Ability to travel and work at remote sites supporting test integration, operations, and training
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of industry software development experience
• Experience developing safety-critical systems (automotive, aerospace, medical, etc.)
• Experience with networking protocols (TCP/IPv4) for distributed systems, network security, data encryption, compression, etc.
• Experience with any of: embedded C/C++, Allen-Bradley PLCs, Linux, real-time operating systems, Qt
• Familiarity with the following preferred tools: DOORS or DNG, Makefiles, Linker Scripts, Doxygen, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Bash, and JIRA/Confluence