Principal Development Engineer - Phoenix, United States - Blue Origin

Description

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

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. You will directly impact the history of space exploration and this role 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.

As a key technical leader within a passionate and accomplished team developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, you will focus on rapidly delivering trusted enterprise software solutions to the engineers, technicians, and other decision makers at Blue Origin, enabling them to operate our engines and vehicles at an increasingly rapid cadence. This is a unique opportunity to have a primary role in creating the systems used to drive technical decisions at the heart of our business.

Our Principal Engineers operate at the intersection between Enterprise Software Development and tactically focused development teams embedded within our business units. You will be responsible for delivering performant scalable tools used to enable rapidly testing our engines, showing that New Glenn is healthy for each and every flight, and increasing the cadence of New Shepard flights. You will define significant portions of the overall strategy while honing your skills as a super-user of the tools and processes vital to managing the integrated system health data for ground and flight elements in a modern connected way.

Our team demands technical depth and skill matched with humility and capability to be wrong, listen, adapt and ultimately find lasting solutions. We are looking for someone who has an approach hallmarked by rapid delivery and continuous-improvement and who is ready to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required

Responsibilities:

• Deliver tactical progress toward an enterprise solution for rapid engineering analysis of flight and test data while working with domain experts to accurately define significant portions of the overall strategic plan
• Provide deep, thoughtful technical leadership in our software and platform development in two ways. 1) Through taking ownership of significant capabilities and rapidly and iteratively delivering for customers and 2) Broadening the team's development capabilities as an advisor and mentor.
• Support Engineering and Test & Flight Operations teams in streamlining and achieving cadence and turn-around-time goals
• Identify where software development will provide significant returns toward these goals and meet the true prioritized customer needs. Personally develop some of these tools, and guide the development of others.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess and Share a Passion for our mission and vision
• Thrives in complex human and data systems. Has the ability to lead a team to produce the right results with partially defined requirements and changing criteria.
• Minimum of a M.S. degree in Engineering or related technical field
• 5+ years experience in launch system, commercial aviation, military aviation, or similar industry requiring detailed configuration control to ensure human safety
• Demonstrated ability to deliver tactical progress while simultaneously defining and evolving a strategic plan and vision that inspires others
• Demonstrated ability and desire to rapidly learn and apply appropriate technology solutions
• Self-starter with outstanding organizational and analytical skills
• Customer focused, continuous improvement approach
• Proven ability to work efficiently on Configuration Items within a Product Lifecycle Management framework and is able to communicate the importance of configuration management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a 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:

• 10+ years industry experience in aerospace and/or aircraft maintenance
• Understands operations focused customer needs in an aerospace / launch vehicle context
• Demonstrated experience with ground operations, logistics and ground system maintenance
• Experience in the development of system engineering products such as requirements, interface control documents, and verification reports
• 10-15 years developing enterprise-level backend systems
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, NodeJS
• Expertise in React
• Experience using modern testing frameworks
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipeline conformance and maintenance (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Maven) Experience with Software Development

Compensation range for on site CO applicants is $190,193-$

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $200,858-$281,200

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $200,858-$281,200

Other site ranges may differ

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 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.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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