Flight Software Verification Lead – Advanced Development Programs
Full Time
Seattle, WA
Posted
Job description
As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will lead the verification of our flight software to ensure the correctness and performance of our spaceflight systems. You’ll lead the development of test cases and procedures and oversee the qualification of our software. This work is critical to ensure our missions safety and success.
The Advanced Development Program (ADP) is Blue Origin’s team dedicated to developing mission architectures, creating, and fostering new technologies into our existing offerings, building our next generation of leaders, and commercializing new platforms, such as our planned Lunar Lander program, Blue Moon (Link:
https://www.blueorigin.com/blue-moon
), our planned commercial space station, Orbital Reef (Link:
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/orbital-reef-commercial-space-station
), and other ambitious space destinations programs that fuel Blue Origin’s growth and further its mission. Our work scope is broad and deep, forging the path toward our vision of millions of people living and working in space. We're shaping our future in space, and we’re looking for dedicated and inspired people to join us!
We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of the flight software verification environment
- Design and write tests to assure code meets safety critical standards and functions.
- Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and iteratively design and develop applications and systems to meet their needs.
- Support with the HIL integration of flight avionics hardware and software
- Be actively involved in tool development including infrastructure to support build, debugging, and deployment.
Qualifications:
- Passion for getting people into space and back again safely.
- B.S. degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field.
- 8+ years of software development and testing experience including multi-threaded programming.
- Demonstrable systems software development and verification experience at the Platform, OS, and Application software boundaries.
- Strong software development and debugging skills, particularly in C/C++/Python.
- Passion for and expertise at software test.
- Experience leading teams through rigorous verification activities per DO-178C or comparable standards.
- Experience interacting collaboratively with software development teams while maintaining objectivity and independence
- Hands-on experience with Testing Frameworks and Continuous Integration pipelines.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- 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.
Desired:
- Master of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines.
- 10+ years industry experience on large engineering systems
- Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems, gaming systems, control systems, device drivers, or mobile devices.
- Experience with safety-critical software development.
- Experience with hardware debug probes, static analysis and code coverage tools, and integration of such tools into automated verification processes.
- Familiarity with sensors and actuators including GPS, accelerometers, rate gyros, pressure or temperature sensors.
- Hands-on experience with Linux, ThreadX, Docker, GNU toolchain, Python, C#, MATLAB/Simulink, real-time operating systems, serial communications, IP networking, or developing secure systems.
- Experience developing software for hardware in the loop testing
- Strong debugging skills at the software/hardware boundary, and familiarity with software verification approaches
- Experience with mission operations and ground data systems
- Familiarity with hardware emulation systems (e.g. QEMU, Simics, Renode)
- Experience with Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD - e.g. Gitlab, Jenkins)
- Experience with tools such as DOORs Next Generation (DNG), Gitlab, SVN, Docker, Jenkins, Docker Compose, Packer, Kubernetes, Ansible
The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.
Estimated salary wage (Colorado only): $150K- $250K
Export Control Regulations
Applicants 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 Opportunity
Blue 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.
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 Accommodation
Applicants 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
EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com
.
Benefits
Employee 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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