Software Verification & Test Engineer II - Lunar Permanence (R38261)

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building the sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the Lunar Surface.

As a Software Verification and Test Engineer II on Lunar Permanence, you will directly support program execution of crewed and uncrewed lunar vehicles. The products developed provide Lunar Permanence vehicles with software products to enable unprecedented crew and mass to surface capabilities. This position will support technical development for software test and verification. You will review requirements, integrate with stakeholders, create test plans and procedures, and perform activities to verify and validate vehicle flight software. You will directly impact the history of space exploration which will require your dedication and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.

 We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided.
• Travel expected up to 10% of the time.
• Shifts available: A shift (Day Shift) Monday-Friday onsite
• Interviews will include a technical assessment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design and implement test plans and procedures for the overall software verification effort.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers representing space vehicle systems, mission-control infrastructure, operations fields, and customers to verify software requirements, architectures and designs.
• Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
• Produce and contribute to documentation for software test architecture, design, verification plans, user manuals and training materials.
• Follow software development and test processes that meet Blue Origin and customer-required standards to ensure software safety and reliability.
• Support frequent update cycles in support of pre-flight testing, mission validation exercise and events related to operations training.
• Build and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop simulators, and released robust test codes.

Qualifications:

• B.S. or higher degree in Software or Engineering related field.
• 2 years of software development experience
• Proven software development in Python
• Familiarity with agile software development processes.
• Familiarity with Linux environment and basic Unix system administration activities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Passion for spaceflight and space exploration.
• 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:

• Experience crafting and developing software plans and procedures for aerospace operations.
• Experience with spacecraft subsystems and associated software.
• Experience in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification and deployment.
• Experience in full lifecycle software engineering. Including system design, architecting requirements, software implementation, software verification, system integration and release.
• Compliance experience with safety-critical standards, such as DO-178 or NPR 7150.
• Experience with fault-tolerant software design.
• Understanding of space-based communications protocols such as CCSDS.