Patrick Klein is an Aerospace Software Engineer III with 11 years of experience building mission-critical systems and embedded software for launch vehicles at Blue Origin. He blends an aerospace engineering foundation from the University of Colorado Boulder with hands-on expertise across Linux kernel drivers, high-performance test frameworks, and real-time embedded stacks. Patrick thrives on large, complex programs where reliability and scalability are paramount, having progressed through multiple engineering levels at Blue Origin after earlier flight-software work at Virgin Orbit. He supplements formal education with practical upskilling—Udacity Self-Driving Car and LaunchCode software engineering training—bringing cross-domain methods from autonomy and data analysis into aerospace software. Based in Seattle, he is equally comfortable debugging low-level drivers and designing test harnesses that accelerate integration cycles. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance flight safety, performance, and iterative delivery.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Graduated with High Honors, Graduated with High Honors at Frenchtown High School
Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer, Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer at Udacity
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at LaunchCode
Bachelor’s Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
Contributions:19 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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Patrick Klein - Aerospace Software Engineer III at BLUE ORIGIN