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

As part of a hardworking team of diverse engineers, you will work on developing and maintaining test equipment software used to perform Acceptance and Qualification testing of rocket engine controllers for one or more Rocket Engine programs at Blue Origin. You will aid in the architecture, software development and update, documentation, and release process for the test equipment software.

You will perform regression testing, configuration management and software requirements verification to ensure the engine control hardware is tested properly. You will aid in the debug of both test equipment and controller hardware failures, utilizing your in-depth knowledge of how the tests are performed.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design and code automated test equipment software to support formal and informal verification of avionics requirements (qualification and acceptance testing)
• Develop and maintain user interface for running verification tests on the engine controllers
• Establish and follow software development processes to ensure test equipment software is reliable, released and configuration managed
• Perform regression testing of test equipment software
• Use measurement and data analysis to determine root causes for failures in avionics testing
• Support analysis of acceptance testing failures conducted by off-site contract manufacturers

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, aerospace engineering or a related field
• 6 years of software development, integration, systems engineering and/or testing experience
• Proficiency troubleshooting analog and digital hardware with bench measurement equipment and data acquisition equipment
• Strong understanding of Data Acquisition Principals
• Hands-on experience with high reliability mission critical software development
• Proficiency configuring and troubleshooting test networks
• Strong skills using Python, LabViEW, C, C# and C
• Proficiency with Linux Operating System and Scripting
• Experience with git for SW development
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills regarding technical subjects
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in electrical, computer, aerospace engineering or a related field
• Experience planning, executing, and reporting electronics testing
• Proficiency with Java Script, HTML/CSS, Rust, MATLAB
• Knowledge of Software Architectural Development and Design Patterns and Modeling
• Experience with Software Requirements Development 
• Experience with SQL database application
• Good understanding of Statistical Process Control, Measurement Capability and Capacity Analysis
• Experience developing or certifying DO-254 avionics hardware
• Familiarity with sensors including linear variable differential transformers, resistance temperature detectors, thermocouples, pressure transducers, and resolvers
• Proficient at programming, debugging, and troubleshooting devices with microcontrollers