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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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on addressing two of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit. We at Blue Origin envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, and are passionate about developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems to meet this vision, all within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. We hope that you can join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! The Flight Software Systems Engineering Lead role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is passionate about development, manufacturing, and operation of satellite systems to address one of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space mobility. As part of a hardworking team of software developers, you will ensure our flight software satisfies the needs of our critical partners and craft the larger vehicle and ground architectures and designs to enable us to successfully implement the required capabilities. In this role you will provide the technical glue connecting our flight software to the systems engineering functions across the program. You will help ensure the program requirements, operational descriptions, and system designs have been shaped so that flight software can effectively meet our customers' needs. The higher-level requirements will in turn need to be decomposed into valid, well-written software requirements, interfaces, and designs that can be implemented by the development team. Throughout, you will help guide the software development and testing, resulting in the verification of a complete flight software solution. To accomplish this, you will work closely with our Architect, who is defining the structure of our software, our Product Owner, who is defining the plan and top-level capabilities, and our Development and Verification Leads, who are ensuring the detailed implementation is in line with our roadmap, architecture, and requirements. You will also be responsible for documenting how and what the flight software team produces by developing our standards and processes, and ensuring our architecture, designs, interfaces, and software products are sufficient. This will require a systems-thinking approach as you must understand many of the architectural and design elements of the other systems so that you can align our software interfaces and interactions with their needs. This role is central to ensuring a cohesive and relevant flight software design with well-defined interfaces that are fully understood and agreed to by our developers, customers, and partners. Ideally, there will be no assumptions in how the software will act or what capabilities it will provide, allowing the software to integrate smoothly with the spacecraft subsystems as the designs come together. Your efforts will also help ensure we meet the needs of the other elements, including our Production, Payload Integration, and Operations teams. By proactively working the needs, requirements, and interfaces across the teams, our development team will be able to move forward with speed and confidence. Special Mentions Travel expected up to 10% of the time Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Shape all areas of the program, including the payload, spacecraft, and ground elements, to enable effective software development, and assess all non-software design decisions for potential flight software impacts. Regularly coord