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Blue Origin, LLC Software Safety Engineer III in Denver, Colorado
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... For full info follow application link.
To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Equal 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. B ue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.
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