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Blue Origin LLC Software Engineer II - New Shepard in Seattle, Washington

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! Overview This role is part of the New Shepard program. New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line - the internationally recognized boundary of space. Through operational reusability, New Shepard supports our mission of lowering the cost of access to space. We are looking for a skilled, motivated engineer, to help us build large scale test systems that enables human spaceflight as part of the NS HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) team. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable human spaceflight. This is an individual contributor position open to be filled in our Kent, WA location. We value people who are ready to learn new things, beginning on the first day. We're looking for a teammate who will be committed, careful, and passionate about ensuring safe and reliable human spaceflight. We are a growing team and seek technical, initiative taking, motivated engineers who desire to help us grow. Responsibilities Develop test infrastructure software a to enable robust, real-time, safety-critical software systems Support development, verification, and maintenance of large-scale automated test systems used to verify flight and ground software. Provide contribution towards software development and integration testing efforts to integrate software components, create and run unit tests, and diagnose/troubleshoot software/hardware issues in an integrated system environment. Contribute to production of technical documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans. Provide input to project managers to help plan, track progress and adjust scope to meet goals in agile operating rhythm. Adapt software DevOps technologies to solve software automation problems. Promote deployment of common & streamlined process/procedures across software organization. Work with product owner and scrum master to support sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions. Minimum Qualifications Minimum of a B.S. degree in electrical engineering, or related field. 2+ years of relevant experience. Software development skills, particularly in C/C++, and Python. Experience with a Unix-like operating system (Linux, BSD, etc.) command-line interface and shell scripting. Strong understanding of software engineering principles. Proficient in the use of standard electronic lab test and troubleshooting equipment. Project management fundamentals, including planning, tracking progress, and adjusting scope to meet goals. The ability to quickly absorb information in an unfamiliar domain and translate it into software. Experience working in an engineering software team with a diverse user base. An internal drive to deliver high-quality results with the ability to seek out requirements and propose solutions. Solid communication skills; open to the opinions of others and willing to own and correct mistakes. Working knowledge of configuration management and source code management systems. 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. Have an ability to take technical ownership, step in to help team members as needed, collaborate with team members to identify and fix technical problems. Preferred Qualifications 4+ years of relevant experience. M.S degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical enginee

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