Software Development Engineer - Engineering Tool Development

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

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

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

About the Role 

This role is part of Enterprise Engineering (EE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. We are looking for a skilled, motivated software engineer to join a small team that builds the applications, integrations, and automations Blue Origin engineers rely on every day, spanning PLM, CAD, engineering analysis and high-performance computing, requirements management, and AI-enabled workflows. You will work directly with the engineers who use your software, find where they are losing time to manual processes and spreadsheets, and ship tools that make them faster. This is a hands-on role with real ownership: you will take features from the first conversation with a user through to production, and keep them running. 

We value engineers who pair strong technical judgment with genuine empathy for their users. You should be comfortable bringing a clear, data-backed point of view, challenging decisions respectfully when you disagree, and committing fully once the team decides. We also look for engineers who are curious and pragmatic about AI: using it to build and test faster, and verifying what it produces. 

Passion for our mission and vision is required! 

Responsibilities: 

• Design, build, and own internal applications, services, and integrations end to end, from requirements and design through deployment, support, and iteration. 

• Partner directly with engineers, operations, and program teams to understand their workflows, identify manual or spreadsheet-driven processes, and replace them with reliable software. 

• Develop integrations and automation across the engineering tool ecosystem, including PLM (e.g., Windchill), CAD (e.g., Creo, NX), requirements management (e.g., Jama), analysis, and enterprise data platforms. 

• Build APIs, data pipelines, and data models that hold up as upstream tools and schemas change. 

• Build intuitive web-based interfaces that make complex engineering data and workflows easy to use. 

• Integrate AI capabilities (e.g., LLM-based assistants, agents, and retrieval) into team products where they add value, with testing in place to verify the results. 

• Write well-tested, maintainable code and contribute to code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and team engineering standards. 

• Contribute to technical design discussions and help prioritize the team’s backlog by weighing user impact against effort. 

Qualifications: 

• BA/BS in computer science, information science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience. 

• 4+ years of hands-on software development experience with production systems. 

• Proficiency in at least one of: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Java, or Rust. 

• Experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs. 

• Experience with relational databases and SQL, including schema design and migrations. 

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Solid understanding of version control (Git), automated testing, and DevOps practices. 

• Experience working directly with end users or stakeholders to turn loosely defined problems into shipped software. 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-software audiences. 

Desired: 

• Background in systems engineering (e.g., requirements decomposition, interface definition, verification and validation, or MBSE), or experience building software that supports systems engineering work. 

• Experience building internal tools with measurable adoption or time savings. 

• Experience with typed data access patterns that keep application code in sync with database schemas (e.g., ORMs, query code generation). 

• Familiarity with engineering tools and data: PLM, CAD, CAE/simulation, requirements management, or manufacturing systems. 

• Hands-on experience building applications with LLMs, including prompt design, harness development, agents or retrieval, and evaluating output quality. 

• Experience supporting hardware engineering or manufacturing organizations, ideally in aerospace. 

 

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $164,652.00 - $230,512.80

Other site ranges may differ

Culture 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 an 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.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles:  Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

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 company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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 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. 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, sex, 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 “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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