Senior Director New Glenn Software Engineering
Core
Lead a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers to develop and operate mission-critical embedded flight, chassis test, and ground software systems for the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle.
Role type
Senior Director of Software Engineering (Leadership)
Builds
Embedded flight software, chassis test software, and ground systems for reusable orbital launch vehicles
Domain
Aerospace / Spaceflight / Heavy-lift launch vehicles
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Software engineering leadership, embedded software development, safety-critical system delivery, real-time operating systems (RTOS), embedded C/C++, hardware/software integration, software verification and validation, program management, team scaling
Preferred skills
Launch vehicle or spacecraft software experience, DO-178C/NASA-STD-8739.8 standards knowledge, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), vehicle integration and test operations
Technologies
C/C++, RTOS, Simulink, autocoding tools
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor software engineering teams, define and execute software roadmaps, own the full software development lifecycle, drive engineering excellence and quality culture, partner with avionics and systems engineering teams, manage budgets and resources, recruit top-tier talent
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & hands-on technical oversight
