About the position
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! As a member of the Blue Origin family of companies, Honeybee Robotics has been at the forefront of robotics for over 40 years, establishing ourselves as pioneers in developing novel exploration systems for the most extreme planetary environments. At our Southern California location, we look to 'Touch Life' by supporting planetary science, including every NASA Mars rover since Spirit and Opportunity. We aim to 'Mine the Sky' through the development of practical In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) solutions. We search for technically brilliant individuals in engineering, software, and support fields who take ownership of their work, enjoy collaborating in teams, and have a laser focus on the details that drive excellence. Honeybee Robotics is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer III to join our team. In this role, you will develop embedded software for a remotely controlled rover. We are looking for someone 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
- Lead efforts in coding, testing and validation of motor control software
- Manage software field deployments and provide support on-site and remotely to customers
- Derive and own software system requirements and schedules
- Evaluate and identify improvements to system design with a specific focus on robust autonomy
- Collaborate with scientists, engineering managers, product management, and program management to drive new product development programs from concept to production
- Provide hands-on support to multi-functional product development teams servicing markets, including space, defense, manufacturing, and other industries
- Write requirements and specification documents
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development for PC or embedded platforms
- Proficient in developing bare metal applications using C/C++
- Proficient in applying testing frameworks and conducting unit tests
- Experience writing software to control BLDC motors
- Experience using a field oriented control system
- Experience crafting autonomous safety critical fault recovery code
- Proven experience crafting reliable software architectures for critical systems
- Adept with Git version control system
- Understanding of digital communication protocols (Ethernet, USB, asynchronous serial, CAN, SPI, I2C)
- Familiarity with automated testing methodologies and continuous integration practices
- Familiar with reading circuit schematics and performing basic debugging tasks
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in operational control of a remotely controlled mission with large latencies
- Background in space flight avionics application
- Skilled in Python scripting
- Background in developing software for vehicles
- Experienced in working with diverse sensors and camera systems
- Proficiency in building maintainable and versatile multithreaded and multi-process applications in an RTOS environment
- Experience with development using TI TMS 570
Benefits
- 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%
- Education Support Program
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Discretionary bonus designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results
