Avionics / Embedded Software Engineer I - Early Career (2026 Starts)

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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

We are collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.  

Multiple positions available across our Business Units. You will be matched with an appropriate engineering team based on your skillset and experience and our current business needs.  

Timeline:  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

We prioritize placing early career engineers in locations where they can be co-located with their team and the relevant hardware they support. The primary locations for this role are listed below. Please indicate in the application where you would be willing to be located.  

• Kent, WA 

• Los Angeles, CA   

• Your projects may include designing, building, and maintaining software applications and their components. 

• Based upon your placement, your work may involve many aspects of applied software development, requirement analysis, code development, testing, collaboration, documentation and system integration. 

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to build verification plans, frameworks, tools, and tests for safety critical, real-time, embedded software that support control and diagnostics of human capable spacecraft, for both orbital and sub-orbital programs.  

• Review and update software requirements and designs for verifiability.  

• Write code to verify software for various embedded environments in C, C++, and Python.  

• Design adversarial, requirements based, automated tests.  

• Develop tools and infrastructure to support efficient build, debugging, and deployment.  

• Minimum of a BS Degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related field. 

• Will have earned their degree within the last year and able to start by Fall 2026. 

• Software development skills, particularly in C/C++, Python, or C#/Java.   

• Problem solving and debugging skills, particularly in C/C++.  

• Experience with formalized verification activities (Test cases, procedures, reports).  

• Collaborative interactions with software development teams while maintaining objectivity and independence.  

• Relevant internship/co-op and/or hands-on experience that demonstrate development of both technical skills as well as leadership qualities. 

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion. 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on rapid development programs.   

• Flexible and adaptable mindset. 

• Self-driven with the ability to seek out requirements with minimal direction.  

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. 

• Experience with build, and test, and deployment automation.  

• Experience with and understanding of computer networking systems and protocols. 

• Experience with distributed applications and safety-critical software development. 

• Experience with Qt framework/QML.  

• Experience with DevOps and Agile / Scrum.  

• Working knowledge of configuration management and source code management systems.  

We are solving challenging, new problems and we need people to represent a wide variety of perspectives. Experience in aerospace is not a requirement. We value broad academic and industry experiences such as Tech, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Automotive, and more. 

When you apply, include your internship, co-curricular and research experience in your resume. Please also include the relevant programming languages you have used in these settings. If you haven’t yet used a tool in a professional setting, please include relevant coursework that demonstrates your preparation for these roles. 

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Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.