# Software Development Engineer III - Network & SDN - TeraWave

Application close date: 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! Blue Origin is pioneering the future of space-based connectivity with TeraWave, a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth. This network will service tens of thousands of enterprise, data center, and government users who require reliable connectivity for critical operations.About This Role: As a Software Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN at TeraWave, you contribute technical expertise to the design and implementation of the network that operates our multi-orbit constellation of 5,408 optically interconnected satellites. You develop a dynamic, self-healing network that functions at orbital speeds, supporting inter-satellite links that move at 27,000 km/h and seamless

- **Id**: 4139834
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/blue-origin-software-development-engineer-iii-network-sdn-terawave-3>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States, Cupertino, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T04:58:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8590
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Networks, Launch Services, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 3698
- **Name**: Blue Origin
- **Domain**: blueorigin.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/blueorigin>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 247
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.413
- **Repost share**: 0.004
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 46
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Self-Healing** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: yes
- **MPLS** — Optional: yes
- **OSPF** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T04:58:21Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 45
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T07:55:46Z

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