SOFTWARE ENGINEER – TeraWave – RF and Optical Systems

Blue Origin is developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, including TeraWave, a space-based communications network. The Software Engineer will contribute to the control and data plane architecture of the constellation by developing and optimizing embedded software for RF, antenna, and optical systems, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop multi-threaded embedded software in C/C++ to run on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms, hosted on multi-core SoCs
• Implement custom device drivers and management/control/data plane functions for Satellite RF transceivers, Antenna systems and Optical systems on TeraWave’s Satellite Payload, Customer terminals and Ground Gateway Terminals
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate software with hardware systems
• Contribute to technical documentation, code reviews, and design discussions
• Troubleshoot problems and debug issues using telemetry, logs/traces, code instrumentation, and software and hardware debugging tools
• Champion embedded software development, testing and troubleshooting best practices – including CI/CD, test and data analysis automation, TDD
• Deliver with speed and quality, and mentor junior software engineers, fostering technical excellence and innovation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in embedded software development in C/C++ to run on Linux/RTOS/Bare-metal platforms
• Strong proficiency in C++ object-oriented design and implementation
• Hands-on expertise in embedded systems debugging using SW and HW tools (JTAG, SWD, CoreSight, Lauterbach/Trace32, J-Link, J-Trace etc.)
• Experience with developing applications that use standard peripherals – SPI, I3C, I2C, PCIe, CAN etc
• Experience with with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Test-Driven Development
• Experience leading software development teams and mentoring junior engineers
• Experience with Agile or Scaled Agile development methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal 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
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in embedded software development for mission-critical systems
• Experience with Linux networking and inter-core/processor communications between applications that use high-speed data-plane interfaces – Ethernet, Interlaken, JESD etc
• Experience in developing embedded software in or more of these areas - satellite communications systems, space-based networks, cellular wireless, terrestrial telecommunications systems
• Experience with developing drivers for proprietary and merchant silicon
• Experience with formal verification methods for safety-critical software
• Knowledge of radiation-hardened computing environments and related software considerations