Principal AI Compute Engineer, Project Sunrise Orbital Data Centers

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were 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!

Job Summary

Join Blue Origin as we build infrastructure in space for the benefit of Earth. Were developing a satellite constellation of orbital data centers to transform how compute infrastructure is deployed.

As the Principal Engineer of Compute you will own the strategy architecture deployment and operation of the compute package and overall network architecture on the spacecraft. This role requires you to grow the team and operate with a high degree of autonomy while managing multidisciplinary effort while making critical design decisions. You are a novel thinker who will find innovative approaches to challenging engineering problems. You will lead both hardware for the compute and associated software stack.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Own the end-to-end AI compute architecture from 0->1 and then taking it 1->n.
• Define the architecture for the entire stack: GPU/CPU networking storage orchestration and the cloud-platform.
• Establish infrastructure requirements for AI workloads.
• Define spacecraft network topology storage architecture and overall compute related requirements.
• Build networking and storage systems that can scale with the constellation.
• Establish test validation and qualification strategies for compute hardware integrating closely with spacecraft software mission launch reliability product operations and finance teams.
• Work with software teams to define workload orchestration and resource management.
• Lead major supplier component and technology-partner decisions. This includes make/buy options and vertical integration.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: hyperscale/cloud infrastructure High-Performance Computing (HPC) AI infrastructure or large-scale platform engineering.
• Significant experience deploying and operating large GPU clusters.
• Deep networking knowledge including understanding of the vendor ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of storage architectures for AI/HPC systems.
• Experience developing and shipping complex compute or electronic hardware.
• Experience in at least one relevant hardware domain such as embedded systems avionics HPC FPGA/ASIC/GPU systems or distributed/edge computing.
• Strong systems-architecture and hardware/software co-design skills.
• Experience commercializing data compute AI and cloud products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data center design build out and operation.
• Experience with software development lifecycles along with hardware/software co-design.
• Space aerospace or other high-reliability compute-system experience.
• Knowledge of radiation effects and mitigation approaches.
• Experience optimizing around size weight and power (SWaP).
• Familiarity with AI/ML accelerators or specialized edge-compute architectures.
• Hands on experience building your own AI platforms.
• Experience with mission- or safety-critical development and rigorous validation.
• Strong cross-functional leadership spanning software spacecraft and systems engineering.
• Familiarity or fluency with AI tools and their application for design optimization or analysis.
• Experience leading growing and managing teams of 8 engineers.

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Culture Statement

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

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