Software Avionics Systems Engineer Lead

3 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Blue Origin Full time

At Blue Origin, we are working towards developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. We envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is on the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

Key Responsibilities:

  • As a Project Engineer III supporting engine avionics software, you will exercise technical project management responsibilities for a team that builds and tests real-time embedded software that controls rocket engines for human capable spacecraft.
  • You will collaborate with programmatic and technical stakeholders to fully define project scope, assumptions, and constraints, develop task-based labor, material, and schedule estimates, manage project budgets, and lead/moderate software and systems scrum meetings using Jira as a work tracking tool to status tasks assigned to engineers.
  • You will track/report performance to plan and address any deviations via bi-weekly project management meetings, identify and resolve or escalate blockers to team performance, generate metrics, presentations, and other artifacts as required to provide status and planning data to stakeholders, clearly and concisely present information on current and upcoming projects to senior leaders, perform risk identification and management, and lead the baseline change process.

Required Qualifications:

  • A passion for Blue Origin's mission: Millions of people living and working in space.
  • B.S. degree or higher in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field.
  • 5+ years experience as either a technical contributor or project engineer/technical project manager developing and testing real-time embedded systems for safety critical applications.
  • Experience with avionics development standards such as ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-330 or similar.
  • Possess high attention to detail and strong organizational/coordination skills.
  • Extensive experience using Jama on an Agile development team, scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project, and the full software development lifecycle from writing requirements through formal verification.
  • Ability to learn fast, multitask, and drive tasks to completion.
  • Ability to present programmatic and technical concepts to peers and leadership.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion.
  • Must have a 'can do' attitude and be a problem solver.
  • 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.

Salary Range: $141,480.00 - $198,072.00

Location: WA

About Us: 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.



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