Software Safety Engineer III

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance team. This team is focused on monitoring and assessing processes that guide Blue Origin's design, manufacturing, and operations, ensuring system safety engineering, environmental health, and safety, product integrity, and continuous improvement processes.

Interested in improving the safety of rockets, ground systems, and space destinations? This role will mentor engineers in developing safety critical software to avoid hazards. Safety engineering experience is not required; but candidates need to have developed embedded software and/or complex electronic hardware and demonstrate a deep understanding of design and engineering, not just programming, algorithms, and testing. You will train engineers, review software processes, approve safety analysis results and requirements, audit program compliance to safety objectives, review risk characterization of open problems, and champion safety. This position will contribute to the safe development of crewed space systems.

We hire for technical ambition and the ability to earn trust. Other core required qualities include responsibility, ethics, curiosity, and creative thinking. We work hard to provide competitive compensation and benefits; and we recognize that safety depends on sharper thinking that comes from maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This position will directly impact the future of space exploration by building a road to space!

Special Mentions [Edit or remove as needed]

• Relocation provided

• Travel expected up to 15% of the time

• Interviews will include a technical assessment

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work with systems engineers to analyze specific causes of avionics hazards (unsafe conditions).

• Evaluate plans and life cycle data to assure process controls sufficiently reduce engineering errors that cause hazards.

• Review and approve safety requirements for Software/Complex Electronic Hardware (CEH)

• Review the risk characterization of open problems and safety risks.

• Perform compliance assessment of our system safety processes and products against safety standards including Range Safety, NASA, FAA.

• Implement software or complex electronic hardware (CEH) safety processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities.

• Train and coach engineers on software or CEH safety risk.

• Generate metrics and report on program system safety status.

• Participate in actively maintaining a healthy system safety culture.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.Sc. degree or equivalent in software or electronic hardware engineering.

• 5+ years in work experience developing embedded software in a safety industry.

• 1+ years developing software plans or auditing compliance to a plan, process, or safety standard.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• 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

• Ability to work independently on rapid development programs.

• 5+ years software engineering experience developing embedded software in a safety industry, with 2+ of those years performing compliance audits OR developing plans to one or more standards (e.g. NPR 7150.2D, NASA-STD-8739.8A, MIL-STD-882, RCC 319-19, IEC 61508, RTCA DO-178C, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, etc.)

• Experience in software safety engineering.

• Experience assessing compliance to regulatory requirements.

• Experience with object-oriented software development, model-based engineering, and/or other formal methods.

• Software or system-level model-based development with the Unified Modeling Language (UML).

• Controls engineering using Simulink.

• Experience with MIT's System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) safety process.

Compensation Range for:

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

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 a diverse, inclusive, and 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.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include: 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%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here.

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