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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-basedconnectivitywithTeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6Tbpsanywhere on Earth.This network will service tens of thousands of enterprise, data center, and government users who require reliable connectivity for critical operations.
This role is part of the Emerging Systems business unit, which is focused on developing cutting-edge space technologies including TeraWave, Blue Origin's revolutionary space-based networking system. TeraWave is designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps, providing connectivity to locations unreachable by traditional methods and adding a space-based layer to existing network infrastructure.
As a Senior Software DevOps and Release Validation Engineer, you will develop custom tools and infrastructure for integrating software, firmware and FPGA bitstream CI/CD pipelines with the Hardware in the loop (HIL) and Simulators in the loop (SIL) testbeds for deploying beta/gramma/production build images on the correct test targets, managing build artifacts, scheduling/executing automated test suites for feature validation and regression, capturing test results, generating reports and filing trouble tickets.
Special Mentions
- This role will be onsite in one of these locations 6 Greater Seattle Area, WA. It is approved for temporary remote work exception while our local site is developed
- Relocation assistance available
- Travel may be required up to 10% of the time
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Architect, build, and operate CI/CD infrastructure supporting RF and Optical systems Software/Firmware/FPGA development teams.
- Develop automated build, test, packaging, release, and deployment pipelines.
- Design artifact, versioning, and release management systems providing traceability from source code through production deployment and rollback.
- Build observability tooling for capturing test results, key metrics, logs, traces, telemetry, filing trouble tickets with the necessary information.
- Partner with platform, networking, SDN, HW, and systems engineering teams to define deployment and validation requirements.
- Improve engineering velocity and production reliability through automation, developer tooling, and standardized deployment patterns.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5 or more years of software engineering, DevOps, platform, infrastructure, or site reliability experience.
- Software development experience in one or more languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
- Experience building and operating production CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Argo CD.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- 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
- 7 or more years building software infrastructure for large scale distributed, telecommunications, or mission critical systems.
- Experience supporting Linux based distributed systems and diagnosing complex failures across applications, networks, and infrastructure.
- Experience deploying software across geographically distributed fleets requiring staged deployment, configuration consistency, and rollback.
- Experience with GitOps, immutable infrastructure, software supply chain security, secrets management, and deployment controls.
- Experience building network test infrastructure using traffic generators, virtual topologies, emulators, simulators, or digital twins.
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $197,529.00 - $276,539.55
Other site ranges may differ
Culture Statement
Dont 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 youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt 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.
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.
- 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.
- Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the companys intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the companys results, or other factors at the companys sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
