Senior Ground Software Engineer – Top Secret Clearance Required

BLUE ORIGIN

Senior Ground Software Engineer developing and deploying mission operations software for Blue Origin's spaceflight challenges. Collaborating with engineers and system teams to ensure success of ground systems.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeSeattle • Colorado, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $181,626 - $254,275 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, test, verify and deploy mission operations software systems, ensuring the success of the overall Ground System (hardware/software) supporting Blue Origin space mission operations.
Work with multiple teams, including engineers from fields like flight vehicle systems, mission control infrastructure, operations subject areas, and customers to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
Develop rapid prototypes to prove out concepts and quantify technical risks.
Coordinate with systems infrastructure and system engineers to plan, develop, and verify, to ensure software products meet requirements and safety-critical standards.
Produce user documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user manual and training material.
Follow software development 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 exercises and operations training events.
Support mission control software operations responsibilities (maintenance, defect correction, improvements) during operator training; ground data system verification, validation, and certification; spacecraft integration; and flight.
Integrate software components, develop, and run unit-level and system-level tests, validate using Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulators, and release certified code.
Support in developing materials for software design, verification plans, user manuals, and training.

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. or higher degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
8+ years of software development experience
Experience in software engineering over the course of the full lifecycle of software development, including system design and analysis, requirement capture and development, software implementation and verification, system integration, qualification, and release.
Experience in software build automation, continuous integration, configuration management, verification, and deployment
Demonstrated software development skills in multiple software languages, with ability to implement in the language most appropriate to the problem-domain
Familiarity with Linux environment and comfortable with basic Unix system administration activities.
Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and professional relationships.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentsoftware engineeringsystem designrequirement capturesoftware implementationverificationsystem integrationsoftware build automationcontinuous integrationconfiguration management

Soft Skills

ability to earn trustmaintain positive relationshipsprofessional relationships